Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[Sassy_TTC]

Love it how you've bullied NATO to stay!

Amanda that's so sad about that lil girl, totally heartbreaking and I don't know how any parent deals with that! Makes you very thankful for what you have!

Allie- sorry the wedding was crap, ill go over and read the details! I lol at you wanting to blow the money and Alex wanting to save it, sounds just like us!

What's everyone's plans for Xmas? I'm not feeling it this year

We didn't make it into the new house for Xmas, we only got the keys 1 week ago, we've had all the bedrooms decorated and carpeted, and the living room, we're just waiting for the bathroom to be finished, then we've gotta have a new roof on the conservatory, I can't wait to be in!

My babies are great though, Zach wakes every 1-2 hours every night so I'm running on empty but other than that they are such the easiest happiest lil kids!x

 

[heart tree]

Let's see if the bullying works. If she doesn't come back we can threaten her on FB!

Allie, the name of the cancer is neuroblastoma. It's very rare but very serious. The mom felt a lump on her daughter's neck. The scary thing is that there usually aren't symptoms until it is too late. It specifically hits children. I hate it. I can't imagine having to make the decision to stop treatment. But it sounds like her quality of life would have been horrendous if she survived another round of treatments, which she probably wouldn't have. So sad.

Hug your little ones ladies.

The flight was fine. She slept a little. Loved looking around. But it was only a 3 hour flight and Tim was with me. She is going to be a handful by myself though. She's so active and gets bored easily. I think you should spend money and go someplace warm. This cold weather is for the birds!

Sassy you must be so excited to get into your place. It sounds big! Saw your pic on FB. You look gorgeous. Yummy mummy indeed. Loved Vicky's comment! LOL!

Just got Delilah a flu shot today. Couldn't get it before she turned 6 months old which is today. She took it like a champ. Hope she doesn't get any side effects.

Hope everyone is having a good holiday!

Sassy,

 

[vickyd]

Hearty how sad.... I go crazy when i think that something like that could happen to Hero...

So i tried the ham after poaching it in the cola for 3 hours. Seriously it tastes AWESOME!!! Its like the best bbq flavor ever!!! Im hoping the glaze that ill do with the treacle tomorrow will make it even more delish!! Seriously guys you should try it!

Im getting ready for some partying tonight! Big XMas party at an exclusive bar (thanks sis for the invites lol!!) and im so excited. Its been ages since i went out with the glam crowd hahaha!!! I hope i dont look too out of place, my wardrobe sucks lately. Will be posting photos on facebook tomorrow!

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Yes I lol at vickys comment!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

It's Xmas eve night and I'm sooo depressed, someone slap me!x

 

[vickyd]

Snap out of it!!! Look at yourself in the mirror and your depression will disapear!!!!!!
Seriously though, are you ok????

 

[Allie84]

I'm sorry Sassy!! I'm sitting here all alone on Christmas Eve myself. Alistair is napping and Alex is at work. I feel a bit sorry for myself! Oh, well.....we can be mopes together!! Sometimes I feel there is so much expectation to be so cheerful at Christmas and it's hard to live up to it sometimes.

Vicky, I'm so glad the ham is turning out so great! Yuuuummmm.

Hearty, it's good Delilah got her flu shot. I heard the flu is going to be particularly bad this year!

 

[Allie84]

Merry Christmas to all of my lovely Disco girlies and familes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




(Our third Christmas as a thread!!! I can't believe it!! )

 

[heart tree]

Super cute Allie!! Merry Christmas to my favorite ladies!!!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Merry Christmas to all hope you've all had a wonderful day )

 

[LucyJ]

Love it Allie

Happy Christmas to you beautiful girlies xx

 

[hoping:)]

Nato- Its good to see you posting again! OMG!!! You are preggo!!!

Lucy- yay for Ben walking!!! Maybe seeing the older kids walking and running around did the trick. Penny is now walking but still prefers to crawl or knee walk. I think tagging along after my niece and nephew built up her confidence as well.

Vicky- 20 mouths to feed!!! You are brave. I’m glad the ham turned out perfect! Enjoy your Christmas party!

Allie- I found them at Hobbylobby. I was originally going to paint them myself but this was much easier! Definitely make one. I saw your post on FB about the cousin unfriending you..I will have to go look at your journal. I am on your side and think you deserve a nice tropical vacation!

Amanda- I’m glad you guys made it safely and Delilah adjusted beautifully. Reading about your friend’s little girl is so heart breaking. Happy belated half birthday to Delilah… we are all so blessed to have healthy, rainbow babies.

Sassy- It will be so nice to have your family back in your own home. 1-2 hours sounds rough but I’m happy the kids make it up to you in other ways.

I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!!!

 

[Allie84]

Thanks, Amber!! How was your Christmas?

Nato, you can't pop in with a BFP and then run. What's the latest?

How was everybody's Christmas?

 

[NatoPMT]

Hope everyone had a lovely christmas!

I have been away at family places for the last 5 days so no testing and no posting. Christmas has interrupted my usual hysteria.

Hearty, I had to stop reading after a few lines about the friends little girl, my friend lost her 4 year old to neuroblastoma when we were both trying to get pregnant, makes me feel sick to think about it. Poor baby girl - I'm so sorry

Vic, need pics of new place, I have heard of this thing called 'space'.

Sass and Allie, hope youre less melancholy, think i will be like that on NYE, i will prob be home alone babysitting while the world celebrates and I turn into a pumpkin

Luce - go Ben! maybe the night waking is cos he's thinking about his new skill. i have heard they wake up when learning to walk.

Hoping, loving the penny pics on fb, shes so gorgeous.

How are bumpy sparkly and bear?

Rounders, how was first christmas for Baby B?

Afm, well...I am very nauseous. Way more so than with Weasel, its like rushes of nausea similar to how i felt during labour. which is making me worry and feel relieved at the same time. Relief cos I know MS pregnancies are less likely to mc. Worry cos MS and high hcg are linked to down syndrome, and my hcg was really high last time which is why my DS risk was so bad, and i wasnt sick like this then. Neuroticface. The other related risk of course, is twins. Which i am scared of. For this pregnancy to go well is just too neat and convenient and I am awaiting some karmic arse biting. There's no way I can be lucky enough to have another baby

 

[hoping:)]

NATO- I think karma is in your favor this time! We all went through a horrible time to get our rainbows so the 2nd time around just has to be easier and less complicated. Maybe you are having a boy or twins!!! If it makes you feel any better I was horribly sick with Penny in 1st tri. I'm pretty sure I projectile vomited daily from 6 to 13 weeks. I've read that MS is a sign of a healthy pregnancy I'm am so excited you are preggo again

Maybe I will join you on this pregnancy journey again! We completed our lab work and are just waiting for the all clear and then will be matched with our couple hopefully in the next month or 2

 

[vickyd]

Nato remember when we all wanted nausea the first time around???? That annoying symptom that reminds you everyday that you are still prego.... I never heard that MS could mean a DS baby? My doc always said that MS is a good sign!

Ok so ive been a brevous wreck ever since Hearty posted about the neuroblastoma.. As you all know Hero was quite sick a couple weeks ago, and shes been different ever since. Less active, constipated and occasionally complains of pain in her legs. I obviously made the mistake of googling neuroblastoma as now im sure there is something seriously wrong! Im loosing it guys...I taking her to the doctor on Wed. but how can i tell him my fears? He will brush me away and make me feel like a lunatic like my family does....So how often do your kiddies poop???? Hero is going every 2 days...Her belly seems a bit distendd but im the only one who sees this! Toddlers bellies are distended a little arent they??????

 

[LucyJ]

Amanda hope you have a good break away and Im so sorry about your friends little girl its heartbraking and what an incredibly hard decision for a parent to make they will all be in my thoughts.

Nato I never thought about that we had another 2 rough nights but last night he slept through. He has been such a busy little boy having the space at my parents has been amazing he got the walking sorted although still crawls and knee walks at times I guess he will for a while still as its quick. Hes got the hang of going round corners stopping turning round and standing up without using anything to pull himself up. He looks so proud of himself when hes walking and now whenever he toddles of somewhere he says bye bye so cute. Benjamim has been hillarous over the two weeks we've been away my mum taught him to say 'tadah' and put his arms up in the air when he says it he does it all the time especially when he sees my mum. He was constantly saying star and bauble pointing to the christmas tree and any little light that resembed a star. I think the ms is a good sign and sure everything is ok you deserve a stress free pregnancy Im in the tww so maybe I'll join you I dont think I will be but you never know.

Hoping Benjamim has definitely become more confident I think its being around so many people and having so much going on hes loved it. Of course when ever he walked he got clapped and cheered which he loves he claps back at anyone who claps. The walking is so lovely but I think I now have to accept my baby is a toddler its also meets for interesting moments we went to church christmas day and first he tried to wriggle out of the pew we were sat in when he couldnt get free he loudly announced he he was stuck "I stuck" he kept on repeating so I took him to the back of the church we looked at a book ans he played with his fire engine then he decided to walk down the asile saying hello to everyone hed stop by the end of each pew look in and go hiya so damn cute occassionaly stopping to point at the candles saying star star. He was lovely and thankfully everyone thought he was a pleasure. Good luck with the lab tests and matching.

Allie how are you? Have you convinced alex to go away? Hope so a break would be great for you.

Vicky Im sure hero is alright and just taking a bit longer to bounce back as shes been so poorly. Hope the dr goes well its a tough one to make drs listen but your her mother so dont leave untill your satisfied they are doing everything you want. I would say be calm and explain exactly what your concerns are & why. I have a little poo monster who goes every day sometimes several times a day but I know my friends little girl goes every other day and is prone to getting constipated.

Hope everyone is doing well. We are back home now its so weird being back after so long a way.

 

[Allie84]

Vicky, don't you worry. Yes, all toddlers abdomens are extended. And you know why Hero isn't herself, she's been sick, you pointed it out. So you have your reason! Constipation is common in LOs. I just Googled it after I read your post so I could hopefully help you feel better, and it is REALLY rare...only 700 kids get diagnosed in the entire USA every year. Most doctors never even see it in their lifetime. Chances are 1 in 100,000....sooooo low. You're a scientist, you know that. I hope you don't think I'm being rude, I'm using my best internet-scolding-of-a-friend tone. It's how I like to be talked down off the edge of irrational anxiety...

which brings me to....

Nato! Embrace the MS. Love it. Relish that your bean is nestling in. Or that your beans are nestling in. You know from last time you're prone to high HCG....don't worry one bit. Obviously DS is more likely (for anyone) in a pregnancy than something like the cancer Vicky is worrying about, but the odds are STILL in your favor. Very much in your favor. Thanks for checking in. So you're back at work? At your old job? How's it going?

Lucy, awww I could really picture Benjamin going to the pews and charming everyone. Alistair is always a little charmer at church. I hope you enjoy being back at home; I know it's a bit of a change to come home after being away.

No luck convincing Alex to go anywhere. Annoying!! Now our main car is broken down so who knows how much that's going to be and it's making Alex less likely to be talked into a vacation. Darn him for being so fiscally responsibile!!

 

[NatoPMT]

Hi girls.

Vic, a quick google suggests that leg pain is common in toddlers and pot bellies defo are. Any symptoms should be seen by a dr so i agree she should see the GP, but I'm sure it will just to rule things out. It's so frustrating when family just brush off your fears and put you in the neurotic corner. Its good to have some balance but symptoms need checking out, and I think bruising is a big one. My friend said that picking her son up bruised him, so not just your normal reaction to knocks. And only 100 children a year get it in the UK so like allies stat, very unlikely.

High HCG and low papp is the increased DS risk - its my bloods that caused my bad DS risk last time. With twin pregnancies the Combined Nuchal Test is much less accurate because they have high hgc. That makes it sound like DS causes high hcg, but I think its more that high hcg stops mc so it IS a good sign, and 70% of DS babies mc and the high hcg prevents mc, so if you have a DS baby and are prone to high hcg, it will protect a usually more vulnerable pregnancy.

So with my age and high hcg, it increases my risk of DS even more than my age alone does.

I'm actually tempted to start researching the blood test for DS which i think you can get done privately already. I don't want another CVS, i really, really don't. It's pretty much a certainty that I will need a CVS.

Hoping, that would be VERY exciting, but i am completely out of the loop on what this means:

"We completed our lab work and are just waiting for the all clear and then will be matched with our couple hopefully in the next month or 2"

Luce, Eloise is the same, massive proudness when she stands on her own (still doing it with both hands in the air) - love the 'bye bye, off i go' detail that Ben's added. Lets hope his sleeping well continues...

Allie, explained the high hcg issue above, I daren't even google chances of DS at 41. Fingers back in ears! I am back at work part time till the end of Feb, HATING it. now im on a bfp with MS I might ask my GP to sign me off, not sure how im going to manage working while feeling like this.

ha ha at fiscal responsibility.

 

[msarkozi]

OMG Nato, congratulations!! I am sorry about the ms, but as annoying as it is, just think how it will be gone in the weeks to come. Mine hit me at 10 weeks and only lasted a couple of weeks, thank god!! Now I am back to feeling non pregnant again and making myself worry. I am booking another prenatal appt for next week with my doctor, but thinking of going in tomorrow to see the doctor that will be here just to make sure everything is ok!

Hope everyone had a good Christmas. We certainly did. Kash was so into it this year...it was so cute and funny to watch. He was spoilt big time! Of course after all the gifts were done, he dug out one from under the tree that is for his godmother, and said more and started opening it lol!

It has been great being home with Kash all this time so far. He has started saying quite a few more words in this time, and he's just been amazing. He has gone back to sleeping at night, with the exception of last night. He has a cold right now, but is hopefully almost over it. My parents left this morning to go home as well; missing them already.

Any big plans for New Year's? We are just going to order in supper and stay home. I am not up for going out, so I told Gord I would rather just have a quiet night at home watching movies or something.