"Does anyone else not test early" Refugee Club

[justmeinlove]

Plastik, I'm glad you're happy with the hospital, I'm thinking of maybe trying to go to ours on Saturday too. Am anxious about being in a hospital in case it's terrible, so hopefully a visit will be reassuring.
I would say more but atm my brain is being taken over by the frets, as Boo is being MUCH quieter today. ARGH! Am just going to go and drink some tea and walk around some. Otherwise am bailing on work at lunch and going to get checked at hospital I think! Hopefully this ends in about half hour when Boo goes crazy and kicks everything in sight
But yes am going to say more cos everything you posted was really exciting! Am just in the uber frets atm!

 

[iow_bird]

justme: Hope baby started to move around lots for you. Drink really cold juice if it happens again, the cold and sugar should get bubba bouncing about. Hope you like the hospital too!! xx

Plastik: Yay for seeing the hospital!!! So exciting!!!! I found it really weird seeing the place I would say hello to my baby!

Things are ticking along nicely with me at the moment. Baby is super busy in there... not sure what he's up to!

And 30 weeks!! yay for me!! hehe!

In other news: A tornado hit a few kms from our house yesterday and killed 2 people! Was rather scary!!

 

[justmeinlove]

Blimey iow!! I thought nz was just the prettier version of the UK?!

Boo has moved some today now, so good. Definitely quieter than the past few days though and I have eaten quite a bit of sugar today, doh! Midwife appt in the morning though which is good.

 

[more babies]

Sooooo after almost a year of lots of negatives I finally just got my !!!!! Can't quite believe it actually and am now terrified its not going to stick! Its weird to be so excited yet so scared at the same time. I've been following you girls since this thread started hoping to be able to join back up with you all and looks like its happening (hopefully for good)!! This is so unreal! And its my youngest daughters birthday tomorrow! I was going to wait until tomorrow to test but decided to run out tonight and get some tests and squeezed out what little pee I could onto the test and this is what I got....

 

[iow_bird]

Yay!!! So excited for you morebabies!!!! What an awesome bit of news Congratulations!
It was about time we got a few more BFPs in here!!!

 

[justmeinlove]

Morebabies!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome in!!!! How awesome!!!! :-D

 

[Lotus Womb]

Yea More Babies so glad you have joined us big big congratulations to you. I know how you feel. Just stay as positive as you can and take it a day at a time.

Afm this week apparently your hormones peak so sickness could be a lot worse. It has been everyday for me last 7 days but I am still at work and keep some meals down. It has been tough but I praying it settles I the next few weeks. Other than that I am still smiling lol.

 

[nimbec]

Hi ladies I'm so sorry I've been away!! I've had alsorts going on far to much to explain both with family issues (not oh we are great!) and my baby boy but again all ok now. I'm having a few issues with my heart (have a pacemaker fitted anyway) and I'm still hooked upto a monitor

I've read and had a catch up and I'm pleased everyone is well!

Congrats and welcome more babies its a scary time but as the others say take it one day at a time and before you know it you will be at 12 weeks. Sorry to say it doesn't get much easier just new goals and worries ...I'm just desperate to get to V day now!! Enjoy it tho!

Lotus I totally know how you feel I suffered with hypermemesis and was sick until week 17/18 yuk!! But it's a sign bubs is doing well- hang on in there it's all worth it!!

Plastik great you got to see hospital so early - we don't get a tour luckily when I was a student nurse I worked there for 6 weeks so I kind if remember it.

Omg iow that's terrible so pleased you are ok!!!!

Justme I'm pleased your sleepy baby has woken up! Scary when they do that!! I'm constantly aware of whether he has moved or not!! Good luck at Midwiffe today.

Hope panda is ok!!

 

[more babies]

Thanks girls!!! I'm still so shocked over everything and can't believe I can be in the refugee club now! I know its been a long time since I was pregnant but I'm hoping this one goes better then the last one. With DD #2 I ended up passing out at 3 months at a store so I will definitely be staying on top of my vitamins and iron pills this time to hopefully avoid anything like that! Then at 6 months started having early contractions and was put on bed rest so I'll be keeping my stress levels to the absolute minimum. And then I have a short cervix to have to be monitored for that quite a bit. It all just makes me a little nervous but I feel like this time since I know what can happen I can do my best to prevent it from happening again!! I just can't wait to get to the point where you actually "feel" pregnant. Definitely going to try and wait until 12 weeks to announce to anyone (although not something I'm good at) since its been such a long road getting here.

Lotus hope you start feeling better soon!! I didn't get any MS with my
first two so I'm hoping that's one thing that does carry over!

 

[nimbec]

morebabies gosh i was hoping the more babies i had the less anxious i would be - silly i guess as they are all equally important and i guess not knowing is sometimes better! This is my first eeeek!!! i really hope the ms stays away for you its horrible!!!!

 

[more babies]

Nimbec Im terrified on a bunch of levels One big one being starting all over again with a newborn

 

[nimbec]

I'm sure you will be just fine! how old are your others? will they help at all?

I'm terrified too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think its perfectally normal - no matter how many you have had before a new arrival is always going to turn things upside down

 

[more babies]

Definitely! And sorry to hear about the terrible MS you've had to deal with! I have a 10 year old and as of today at 7:11am a 7 year old! So yeah they will be able to help out which will be nice I'm sure. We are having a big party tonight for my youngest and boy have I been having a rough time getting things ready! These past couple days I've felt like I've been hit by a truck.. soooo exhausted! And not sleeping good because I've been SO hot.

 

[nimbec]

Happy birthday to your youngest! Gosh remenber to take a few minutes to relax otherwise you will burn out.....like i did oooooops! Hope you enjoy the party and its not toooooo manic. The heat must be really hard to deal with, currently its zero degrees here in the day! I have the other problem i just can't get warm!!

 

[more babies]

Thanks! Well its not so much that its hot here.. not zero more like 40.. but its that I'm hot esp when sleeping.

 

[more babies]

I have a question... is it normal to still be spotting a little light brown off and on?? Its really getting me nervous because this never happened with my others. Two days before my BFP DH and I then I bled a little which is what I thought was my period starting but it was gone by mid day with just very little brown spotting. Since then its been off an on and sometimes theres more then others. I definitely over did it these past two days and it was hard not to last night with 12 6/7 year olds over at the house I have some cramping on and off but I think it feels more like pressure so hopefully thats not a bad sign either. I just wish the spotting would go away because its really stressing me out and im afraid of it getting worse!

 

[nimbec]

Hi Hun I think old blood is ok ie brown colour as long as tiny bits but if your worried maybe worth getting your progesterone levels checked as I low that can cause spotting. Fx all ok!! If in doubt call the docs/Midwiffe and ask - always best to be safe!!

 

[more babies]

Thanks! I just wish it would go away so I can not worry about it. I took another test just to reassure myself and the first line is darker than the control line so that made me feel good. I'm just trying to relax today and the rest of the weekend and if its still happening monday I'll call my doctor.

 

[nimbec]

that sounds like a good plan to me! time to put your feet up!!!! keep in touch !

 

[flamingpanda]

Congrats more babies! I bled randomly at 6 weeks and it scared the crap out of me. We were at A&E at 9pm that night getting checked out. It was all fine and they brought me back for a scan a few days later to reassure me. I think it's even more common at the stage your at. Something to do with your body not always being aware it's pregnant yet so you start to bleed. But any doubts just see the doctor because if not it will pray on your mind and you need rest at that stage.

Sorry for not being back very much but having a baby is a lot more time consuming that I ever imagined. Everything is fine but it's just one thing after another, first it was her being a little ill with mucus and then we had problems with her feeding, then we had an eye infection (which is still being treated) and now we're back to feeding problems! The worst thing by far is the lack of sleep. Some nights she sleeps really well and we get blocks of 3-4 hours between feeds, then some nights she is awake every hour. We just have to ride it out but it doesn't leave much time for the internet!

I still haven't got around to writing out my birth story yet. I'm currently contemplating switching formulas in the hope of settling her colic (breastfeeding didn't work out but I'll talk about that in my birth story when I get around to it) and if that works I'm hoping I might have more time through the day to get little jobs done. We just bought her a baby swing today which was recommended to me by a friend who said hers was a Godsend! So we'll see how that works out.

I'm still stalking in here and I can't believe how far along some of you are now. Time seems to go a lot faster when you have a little one, I spent so many weeks clock watching and now there aren't enough hours in the day! x