"Does anyone else not test early" Refugee Club

[iow_bird]

I'm having a good day today!
I've been so fed up recently it's nice to have a good day!! It's really warm here in NZ at the moment. Only got a few bits of xmas shopping to get. The bassinett mattress I need is on sale today, so I'm going to pop out and buy that when Ben gets home. Mum e-mailed me with the link to the VIP Next sale so I get to clothes shop for Tilly online on Sunday morning and Ben has one more day of work until the xmas holidays! Oooh and Mum booked her flights to come and stay in Jan Yay!

Hope all of you are doing well!

I'm so glad its Christmas, it's going to make the next few weeks go so fast, then I have 2 weeks until Mum arrives and then 3 weeks until baby arrives! Yay!

 

[more babies]

Sorry in advance for the TMI... I didn't end up getting the ultrasound done yesterday because I ended up with horrible diarrhea so clearly wasn't going to make it through someone pushing around down there. So now I'm going today in about an hour and a half. Thought maybe I was spotting a little last night (brown again) so I'll be keeping an eye on that too.

 

[plastikpony]

Hi ladies!!! Sorry I've been MIA, went on leave last week Friday and was then away for the weekend. This week has just been mad with running around and doing stuff before we go to Namibia on Sat. Still have to read through most of the latest posts!

More, good luck today!! Plz let us know ASAP!

Iow, so glad you had a good day! I know what you meAn about Christmas, I'm going to get back from holiday and be ready for our next scan! 28 weeks!!

Well Ethan's room is painted and I love it! Will see if we get the decals up before we leave, but I doubt it. Will post a pic if we do Got lots of our shopping done for baby, just a few odds and ends left now, like a change mat.

In other news, I was pretty down about my potential baby shower, since my sister and best friends who would usually organize this are both overseas. I didn't know if I should just ask someone to do it, or just leave it and not have one. I know it isn't a big deal really, but I was feeling crappy about it. Anyway, a friend of mine who has a gorgeous 3 month old girl, said I should wait to shop until my baby showers and asked when I was having mine. I told her about my sister and friends and she has kindly offered to organize it for me! Yay! No more feeling like an unloved loser. My DH probably would have organized something, but its nice to know its handled

 

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Can only post real quick... just got done with the ultrasound and baby is in there and has a heartbeat! The tech wasn't very friendly so I don't really know any details other then there is a baby and it has a heartbeat. She didn't even need to do an internal though because everything was easily seen from the outside so that's a plus. So I guess now I wait for the doctor to call and set up an appointment for my first real visit. I did have a little more spotting this morning when I wiped so hopefully it doesn't get worse. That's what really gets me worried.

 

[justmeinlove]

Aw, glad you're getting a baby shower. I'm not but I don't think it's something that really occurs to people in my social circle, such as it is!

Morebabies, I just wanted to add, there are definitely people, on this board for one, who get spotting and it's just a thing they get - but the baby is still fine. So try not to go too insane worrying - although huge hugs and I hope it does all go well.

AFM, am off to the Dr today to try and blag a heap of free antacids Am also about to hit epic cleaning mode as for one our room smells horrible for some reason and for another we leave for Brighton tomorrow and I refuse to come back to a manky house! Then once the wedding and Christmas are done I shall start trying to sort out stuff for Boo! It's slightly scary when you have everything Plastik and I'm further along and barely have a clue let alone actual stuff

 

[annio84]

Hi ladies, I just wanted to pop in and wish everyone a very happy christmas. I hope you all have lovely times with your family. And just think - this time next year there'll be another little one to share it all with!!

 

[flamingpanda]

It's the most unprepared I've ever been for Christmas, I'm just telling myself everyone will understand. Also it's funny but despite everyone telling us not to bother buying for Hadley as it's a waste (she doesn't know it's Christmas) she appears to have BY FAR the most gifts under the tree, not just from us but also all the people who told us not to waste our money lol.

Merry Christmas everyone, and remember to make the most of it by insisting you're eating for two.

 

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Also wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Dont worry Panda I think everyone will definitely understand! And me and everyone else did the same thing when my daughter was born on December 7th. She got loads of stuff and wasnt even a month old! I was on bed rest the last 3 months and I guess you could say I spent a lot of time online... shopping

 

[nimbec]

Merry Christmas everyone for tomorrow! Sorry I've not been around I have all of both sides of the familly here so it BONKERS!! Eek I'm shattered already!

Catch up soon!

 

[iow_bird]

Hope all of you had a lovely Christmas! It was crazy here with a 2yr old realising Christmas is FUN!!! Wonderful day though!

xxxx

 

[justmeinlove]

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.
Ours was nice, my main complaint is that I seem to have (since Sunday) reached a really broken stage of being pregnant. I am getting repeatedly woozy to the point where I had to get a member of staff to come with me round the supermarket the other day, I have no stamina and am sleeping tons, and just generally feel rubbish! I'm guessing that something in my body's physical demands has changed, and it's a case of working out what and how to deal with it - but it definitely sucks and I hope it wears off soon as I can't face another 10 weeks feeling like this!
The wedding was very nice and a lot of fun although the actual wedding at Stonehenge last year was conclusively the most meaningful part (we knew that anyway but it's nice to be able to confirm it). But fun to have it legally recognised I will put up some photos once we have some!

 

[Lotus Womb]

Justme I hope you get pass they woozyness I am told that pregnancy harder on the body if your jobs more physical and that makes sense. Glad you enjoyed the wedding.

I have been MIA for a while been tired and still sick from time to time though mainly if I smell something off putting or have not eaten in a while. I had my first scan last Friday it was amazing. Baby was fine has its back to us for a while. I as asked to turn on my sides a few times then back on my back with a little probing baby turned to be measured. Hearst beat and everything looks good. It was a relief. My due date now the 1st of July instead of the 4th and now I am on the wait for the movements lol.

 

[justmeinlove]

Argh! I think my morning sickness has come back! Argh!

 

[annio84]

Oh no just me!

Lotus - great news about your scan.

Hope everyone else has had a lovely time over christmas.

AFM - i'm not feeling sick today which is yay! Randomly my ticker has started counting one day less than before.

 

[justmeinlove]

Hmmm, well I went to the midwife and apparently I have protein in my urine and my blood pressure is up a bit. Hmmm. Have to drop in another sample later today and got another appt next week to see what's happening.
Never before have I hoped to have a uti! ;-)

 

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That's great about you scan Lotus!!

Annio hopefully the sick feeling stays away for you.

Justme I hope everything comes back ok for you! Keep us posted. Also glad to hear everything went well with the wedding and its now official on paper!

AFM I woke up with the most ridiculous stiff neck/upper back which is just wonderful

 

[justmeinlove]

So how is everyone??

My results all came back normal on Monday and my BP etc is back down - Dr thinks it's just the lingering effects of the cold I had a few weeks ago So I have been told to take it easy - precisely what I have been doing for the last two weeks

Back to work for me today, although I only made it in for noon as my attempt at 8am had me feeling very woozy so I headed back home rather than risk the rest of the journey. Over Christmas I appear to have reached the stage where I cannot WAIT to start maternity leave...although yes that does disconcertingly mean getting a baby too...

 

[annio84]

And it'll be the best thing in the world when you do. Glad all your tests came back normal justme.

Hope everyone else is doing ok.

AFM ican't believe i'm 11 weeks now. My scan is in 12 days and I can't wait to see baby. I'm off sick from work. I think I have norovirus so not going to be allowed back until saturday at the earliest. Feeling a lot better today though, I managed to keep down a slice of toast this morning. My first food in 36 hours!!

 

[justmeinlove]

Eek! Big hugs for norovirus, you poor thing! Let us know with your scan, how exciting!!

 

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So happy about your test results justme! That's great news!

Annio how terrible about the norovirus but glad to hear you're getting better. Also looking forward to hearing about your scan!

AFM I'm just so tired. I can't for the life of me get a good nights sleep and I don't know what to do about it. I sleep alright for a couple hours then I'm just so hot that I can't sleep anymore. The temp in the house is already really low at night so its not like its even hot in here I just don't know what to do because I'm just so tired and I need sleep Otherwise I guess I'm doing alright. Have been able to eat more and really only feel sick later in the day into night time. Still have to call to book my official first appointment with the doctor but just haven't done it yet. Oddly enough I don't feel any real rush to get in there