Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[LucyJ]

Thanks girls really quick msg as Im exhausted and need sleep been a busy day on holiday at the mo at my parents using them as a base had my first day away from Benjamin today my mum babysat so steve and I could go out it was lovely but did miss him. Out tomorrow with my mum so steve's in charge!!!! Wanted to wish Jenny loads of luck for tomorrow will be thinking off you will check for updates tomorrow evening when I get back (my phone has died so have a basic one to keep me going till getting a new one).

Will post a proper reply tomorrow to everyone massive to you all.

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Good luck to our lovely Jenny today, what a road it's been at hunny. Can't wait to see pics of your lil bundle.xx

 

[vickyd]

good luck jen! Keep us posted hun!

 

[Sparkly]

Good Luck today Jen, I can't wait to see pics of your rainbow sweetie

 

[Round2]

Can't wait to meet the newest Disco Baby! Good luck Jen!

 

[hoping:)]

Good luck Jen

 

[Round2]

Lucy, so excited for you to start TTC again. Have you got a chart for us to stalk?

Hearty, sorry to hear about the BF issues. I have the opposite problem...my boy eats like a bird and I'm a cow...I'm constantly engorged and in pain. Glad you found a sleeping routine that works.

Allie, my heart goes out to you. I had major anxiety about dropping Maddy off at daycare. But once she got into a routine and I saw how much she enjoyed the other kids, I started to relax a bit. You'll start to appreciate being able to focus on yourself again soon too..but it's still hard to leave your baby with someone else.

Vicky, hope you're feeling better. Sounds like you've had rough few weeks.

AFM, we're doing okay. I've got a serious case of thrush that I can't seem to kick. My nipples are turning white and hurt so much I can barely stand to wear a shirt or take a shower. Luckily, the only time they don't hurt is when I'm feeding. It makes me sad because I really loved BFing Maddy, but with Bryce I find myself counting down the months till I can stop.

Other than that, we're doing well. I'm in a pretty good routine having both kids at home with me. Maddy drives me up the wall sometimes, but I still love spending this time with her. She loves her brother, but is a little too obsessed with him. She wants to hold him all the time. I'm feeling rather bitersweet about her going back to school. I love spending all this time with her, but am looking forward to some one on one time with Bryce. All in all, I'm feeling pretty happy and pretty blessed these days. I keep thinking about last year at this time when I was at an all time low....what a difference a year can make.

 

[jenny25]

Section got cancelled this morning hospital screwed up there is new guide lines that diabetics need steroids at this stage so my consultant don't give me a prescription for t on Monday so I was all set too down but it all stopped so need to go back tonight for a 2nd dose I'm booked in tomorrow morning first thing for the section

 

[Round2]

Oh wow, how stressful Jenny....you must be furious!

 

[jenny25]

I am round I'm so angry about it i couldn't sleep last night I'm exausted and I don't want tonight too be the same thing again xx

 

[Sparkly]

Hugs Jen, I would be bloody fuming!! xxx

 

[vickyd]

Jen sorry about the mix up! Like u arent stressed enough...
Round ouch! Thrush on nipples must be terrible.. A natural and really good way to get rid of vaginal thrush is to directly apply yogurt. It has to be real yogurt, with live culures.
Im on my phone so il write about me tonigh

 

[heart tree]

Jen I saw your news on the PAL thread. I haven't had a lot of free time to respond. I'm so angry for you! What an emotionally rollercoaster. Luckily you'll get Kieren in your arms tomorrow for sure. Good luck sweetie.

Round, thrush sounds awful. I don't miss the engorged pain that you are still feeling. Let's put our boobs together. I'll take some of your milk from you! We can do each other a favor. Sounds like you are in a decent place emotionally. I know what you mean. Last year at this time I was still reeling from my ectopic (4th loss). What a difference a year makes. I never in my dreams would have imagined complaining about BF issues a year from that time!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Round - sounds like you have it all sorted with the kiddies, at 3 months in I'm finding it pretty "easy"!

Sorry about the thrush, I had it awful after Zac too, bloody thing as if being a mummy isn't tough enough!

AFM: The (new) house sale us all going through, we set the get the keys in November! I'm mega excited about it all and more excited to do the decorating, lol!
Zac's 3 months now and both kiddies are angels, we took a Zac to a cranial osteopath and it's made a massive difference! Poppy just adores him and they giggle at each now, I cried the first few times, there's nothing more special than seeing your 2 babies together!
I feel like I've been pregnant so long that I've forgotten who I am, I use to be slim, trendy and always done up, being pregnant for 3 years changed that, I'm slowly getting the old me back and I'm feeling good for it. I've lost nearly 4 stone since giving birth, I have a further 8lbs to go, very proud about that!

I always swore my baby journey would be over after Zac but I'm not sure it is! My head says no but my heart desperately wants more! I don't think we will but I can't help feeling ridiculously broody!
I have 13 months more to enjoy being a sahm then I'm going off to uni, I'll be gone 2 days a week, then a further day in placement! Although I'm so sad ill only have 4 days a week with them I really want to get a career for them, I don't want then to have bad role models, I left home at 16 and wasn't able to study so that's why I'm having to go back avd do it all now, I hope my kids will be more sensible!

Good luck today Jenny

I also bet NATO is hooked on cbb, I certainly am!x

 

[vickyd]

Sass honey you are still young! You could still have a baby after Uni definately!

I really hate decorating, ive pretty much finished the move but havent actually done any decorating lol! Hero's room is yet to be tackled and although i spend all day online looking for curtains and rugs and stuff i still havent decided on anything! One major problem i havent solved is that my fridge doesnt fit in the kitchen!!! I have to saw off a good 2 cm of a bench to make room! Im back in Athens Monday and i have so much house shit to deal with but im also back to work.

Jen good luck once again for today doll!! Cant wait to see pictures of your little prince!

 

[LucyJ]

Aww Jen that sucks you got messed around but today you will have your little boy in your arms

Round sounds like things are going well so sorry about the thrush it awful I had it with Benjamin and it is agony I was lucky as I was able to get it under control hope you find something that works.

Allie good luck with the gradute programme thats brillant it must be hard leaving Alistair but Im sure it will get better I left Benjamin for the first time wednesday and it was tough and I left him with my mum so I cant imagine leaving him at daycare, Im gald I dont have to now. Ive decided to have a break from teaching only because there arent any part time positions and I dont want to go back full time I had intended to go back to supply work but its not guaranteed I'd get work every week but would still have to pay the nursery Steve said it was daft as what I would earn would only cover the nursery cost so I might as well stay at home which is what I would prefer (nurserys are so expensive). I figered Ive got all the skills to be a childminder so why not to that which means I can stay at home then go back to school teaching a but later thats all dependent on finding a house, selling ours etc things are going to be tight for us with me not working we are trialing it to see how we get on then will take it from there.

We're going to start trying next month as I want to speak to my dr next week and get back on the prenatel vits. AF has arrived a week early which is very unusal for me so it concerns abit especially with the pain Ive had in between and its horrific today I can barely stand up which sucks just want to curl up.

Round I havent got a chart to stalk.

Sassy what course are you going to do. Sounds like you have a good plan for the future and you've definitely got time to have another baby. Hows things with danny?

Hearty 2oz is good your doing really well pleased the swinf is helping and you've found a safe and comfortable way of getting some sleep.

Sparkly its good that you now have some answers but so sad you had to go through so much to get them great news about Ben what a star.

Afm: Im have a great break away we had a family day out tuesday for my birthday which was lovely we went to a sealife centre which Benjamin loved then wednsesday steve and I had a day out on our own the first time since having Benjamin it was really good to have some time together, we went to winchester. Benjamin had a great day with my mum. Yesterday my mum and I had a day out in are own we went to buckingham palace there was a special exhibition of the queens private jewewls. We had lunch out went to the exhibition had a tour round the state rooms then had tea and cake in the garden cafe a perfect day. benjamin had a great day with his daddy and granddad and was full of smiles when we got home which warmed me heart. Having a chilled day to day although I am getting my hair done.

 

[Allie84]

Lucy, I'm so jealous of your week! I would love to have gone to Buckingam Palace, I'm such a tourist! I mean, I've been there but not inside. I think your plan sounds great btw. Good luck with getting the house sorted!


Round, ouch. Seriously. I'm so sorry! I'm glad it doesn't hurt when you BF. Have you checked in his mouth to see if he has it and is maybe giving it to you? Also, don't put lanolin on thrush as the moisture makes it worse. You probably already know all this. Great to hear from you!

Hearty, I posted in your journal. :wave:

Sassy, I'm off to read your journal as well. CONGRATS on the house!!! Another Disco girl on the move. LMAO @ your broodiness. You crazy girl!! You are a great mummy who makes great babies though so who can blame you.

Vicky, doesn't sound like too much of a holiday. So you're all unpacked then? We still have some boxes laying around .We still need to paint. I have no motivation or time to do any of this though. It sound slike you're more ambitious than I am.

Jeny, GOOD LUCK today!!! I need to look on FB to see as maybe you've had your little guy already!!

Hoping, you're lucky you have such a good babysitter and someone you know takes good care of Penny! How are you? I read in your journal taht you're trying CIO. I hope it works and works well for you. How have you been otherwise? I feel like it's been ages since I've caught up with everyone.

AFM, Alistair is sick. THis is the first time he's ever had a fever. It's 102.2. I read online to take him in if it's that high so I took him to his dr this morning and he said it's just viral. He told us to give Alistair gatorade and water mix. Does that sound okay to you? It seems like something really unnatural to be giving a baby but I did it. His neon green bottle. Poor little boy is so unwell, you can just tell. We were all meant to go to Winnipeg this weekend up in Canada to celebrate our wedding anniversary, which is 8 years of marriage on the 27th. I'm not sure if we'll be going though if Alistair's unwell, and I feel kind of sick myself. Is that what it's like having a kid in daycare? This must be where he picked up his illness....I'm not impressed.

 

[Round2]

Allie, that sounds like weird advice. I've never heard of giving a baby gateroade....pedolite maybe...but only if vomitting. I remember Maddy got the stomach flu one week after she started daycare. I felt so guilty for exposing her to so many germs. But you know what, now that she's in kindergarten, she rarely ever gets sick. She has such a strong immune system. I'm sure Allister will bounce back pretty quick.

Lucy, glad to hear you and Steve got a day to yourself. What a wonderful week you've had.

Vicky, show us some pictures...I wanna see your new place.
Sassy, you ARE super woman! I swear. I look at women with three children and shudder. As much as I'm getting the hang of things with two kids, I think I'd go mental with a third.

Jenny, just saw some pictures on FB, he's gorgeous!!

My doc prescribed me a new ointment today for the thrush...something I have to paint on my nipples. Fun, fun, fun!!

 

[hoping:)]

Round- Sorry to hear about the thrush and having to paint your nipples with meds. I hope it clears quickly! I love the picture of Bryce that you have in your advatar... such a cutie pie!

Sassy- congrats on the new house! I hate moving but love the decorating part. Vicky is right about you being young enough to satisfy your broodiness after Uni and have another LO. You do make adorable babies!

Jenny- Congrats again on your little guy! He is so precious in the pictures you posted on FB!

Allie- I hope you are all doing better. Kids are more prone to getting sick when in school/day care but hopefully that will help build his immunity. The Gatorade advice does seem a little weird but I guess it helps because of the electrolytes? Maybe you could give him Smartwater since it is just water with electrolytes? Congrats on 8 years of marriage!!! I hope you had a lovely day and avoided the sickness

AFM- I finally broke down and tried the CIO method last Tuesday. Penny was still waking up once in the night to come into our bed and was starting to have issues with self soothing so I decided to try this method since I tried everything else. I am soooo happy I did! The 1st night was a little rough because she cried on and off for an hour and a half but since that night I can put her in her crib wide awake at bedtime (8pm) and she will cry for 5 minutes and then self soothe her self to sleep and sleep until 6 or 7am!!!

Penny is doing fantastic and is more like a little girl than a baby. She can say a few words… mama/mum, dada, baba (that’s what we call our grandfathers in Laguna), and hi. Mostly it is just baby babble but to get my attention she will say mama and when she is playing with Tim she will say dada. She says baba around my dad. She can wave and say hi… she loves to do this to our cat, Niko, or when we come home from work. The words are still misplaced at times but she is getting the hang of it and amazes me everyday! The cutest thing she does now is hum to me. I do this at bedtime so now when she sees me laying down she will crawl up to me and lay her head on my chest and will hum me to “sleep”. She has learned to get out of her Bumbo by herself and will push her rocking chair up to the couch so she can climb up! I’ve been teaching her a little bit of baby sign language so now she knows the sign for milk and Tim swears she can do the sign for diaper when she needs changing but I haven’t seen it yet.

I am in full birthday planning mode as of now. It is exciting but sad at the same time because soon my baby will no longer be a baby. I ordered her pumpkin out fit (it’s a Halloween costume party) which is a onesie with an adorable personalized pumpkin and black and orange tutu. I already crocheted her pumpkin hat so now I just need to buy/make her some black and orange leggings. I have picked out the invitations but just need to take her picture for them. I am in the process of making her 1st year book… its already about 64 pages long but it looks amazing! We are going to have it at her party so everyone can sign it and make guesses at what she will be when she grows up. The other stuff I have planned and written out so we just need to start getting everything ready. Her birthday will be at her godparent’s house so we are starting the decorating at the end of next month. They have a ton of land and horses so it should be lots of fun! We are doing a pumpkin hunt and of course lots of Halloween themed food and drinks.

Sorry for the long ramble!

 

[Jaymes]

I posted a SUPER long story about my health issues I've had this month in my journal if anyone has time for a novel! Otherwise, I've had a bladder infection, a gallbladder attack and my first ever migraine...

I've missed talking to you all!