February Lovebugs of 2016!! 16 pink, 15 blue, 7 yellow

[hannahjex]

Ahh oh no! Wisdom tooth pain is the worst! I hope it all goes okay at the dentist and they can at least do something to relieve the pain!

My U/S went really well thanks hon! SCH totally cleared up and bub was stretching and wriggling around in there. Was so unbelievably cute, I couldn't stop crying haha. They also moved my due date forward about a week as bub was measuring ahead but I think I'll keep my Feb 3 dd, they did the same thing with my first pregnancy and he was born on his original due date anyway

Hope everyone is doing well x

Yay, glad SCH is all cleared up; you must be so relieved! And thank you, getting ready to go to dentist now, eek! xx

 

[sausages]

Harleyy, sorry you have had some bleeding. Have you had any more since? Did you get your u/s yet? Fingers crossed for you.

Brittrashel, great news about picking up the heartbeat. Good luck with your testing.

jessthemess, congrats on hearing the heartbeat too! I am getting really jealous now.

Rainbowdrop, welcome! Do you have long cycles, is that why they moved you? When did you get your BFP? I am sure I remember your tests on the testing board.

hannahjex, sorry about your toothache. It's horrendous is tooth pain.

kayleigh_jane, congratulations on a positive result at your scan. I bet that's a load off your mind!!


AFM, everything is going well so far. I feel great! I'm getting a lot of round ligament pain, but minimal nausea. I'm really tired and going to bed and sleeping by 10pm, but that's not a bad thing.

We're in the process of telling people. Our parents and sisters know now and so do a few of my friends. I'm telling some of my girlfriends tonight when we go to the cinema to watch Magic Mike XXL.

Telling our parents was great! We had told the kids about an hour before by giving them presents to unwrap and in the present was tee shirts saying "I'm going to be a bigger big sister" and "I'm going to be a big brother" The kids are SO excited and are full of questions about the baby. So they put on the tee shirts and we went out to the shop while my mum and DH's mum and dad came round for a BBQ. When they had all arrived I came back with the kids and the kids were in the tee shirts. My mum read them, but totally didn't get it. DH's mum did though. It was lovely! They're all worried given our loss history, but happy too.

I'll put a photo of the kids on in a sec from my phone...

 

[Kirstiedenman]

Welcome Kirstie and Lady.

I am so hungry all the time. Then I eat and feel sick, but if I don't eat...I feel sick haha. Getting some cramping on my left ovary side, but I don't think it's anything abnormal, probably just a little cyst. l can't wait until my scan next Friday.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Welcome to the new ladies ladyV84 and Kirstiedenman

Disneymom, I was measuring a few days ahead too, but i also kept my original EDD. That's a lovely picture! I'm no good at ramzi though so i won't even try. lol!

Thanks ladies
I hope everyone is doing well!!! I feel miserable tonight still another week on bedrest from a bleed coming from my placenta, that mixed with throwing up and all day sickness I just want to cry I truely hope the sickness ans vomitting stops at 12 weeks this time I dont like I could do another 28 weeks like my last 2 pregnancies.

Sausages I love your photo of the kiddies that is so so cute!!! I have been thinking about a cool way to announce it on our facebook when we get the all clear but now not sure if we are going to but your kiddies look so happy and cute!

 

[Harleyy]

quick update whilst in mcdonals! haha!


im 8 weeks 5 days. with a perfect heartbeat!!!

will add picture later!

 

[Disneymom1129]

Hi ladies,

I'm a little bit late but wondering if I can join you all? Went, for what was supposed to be, my 12 week scan and got back dated from 12+2 to 8+4 which puts my due date from 23rd Jan to the 18th Feb

We have same due date

I'm Feb 18th too! Glad to see a couple more dd buddies

That's so cool!

How are you both feeling? This is my 2nd pregnancy and it's so different to my first!! I've got constant nausea and eating is a chore!!

Are you guys suffering or is plain sailing so far?

I'm the same as you, it's totally different from my first pregnancy. I felt great with my first, yet this one is kicking my butt. My OB said that with second pregnancies you tend to feel symptoms much sooner and stronger than with the first. Definitely true for me! I've got the constant nausea as well. I nibble on stuff througout the day (which is hard) and then by the evening I feel a little better, then I'm practically starving so I try and eat something normal and then it makes me even sicker lol. It's this crazy merry-go-round of frustration.

Harleyy, sorry you have had some bleeding. Have you had any more since? Did you get your u/s yet? Fingers crossed for you.

Brittrashel, great news about picking up the heartbeat. Good luck with your testing.

jessthemess, congrats on hearing the heartbeat too! I am getting really jealous now.

Rainbowdrop, welcome! Do you have long cycles, is that why they moved you? When did you get your BFP? I am sure I remember your tests on the testing board.

hannahjex, sorry about your toothache. It's horrendous is tooth pain.

kayleigh_jane, congratulations on a positive result at your scan. I bet that's a load off your mind!!


AFM, everything is going well so far. I feel great! I'm getting a lot of round ligament pain, but minimal nausea. I'm really tired and going to bed and sleeping by 10pm, but that's not a bad thing.

We're in the process of telling people. Our parents and sisters know now and so do a few of my friends. I'm telling some of my girlfriends tonight when we go to the cinema to watch Magic Mike XXL.

Telling our parents was great! We had told the kids about an hour before by giving them presents to unwrap and in the present was tee shirts saying "I'm going to be a bigger big sister" and "I'm going to be a big brother" The kids are SO excited and are full of questions about the baby. So they put on the tee shirts and we went out to the shop while my mum and DH's mum and dad came round for a BBQ. When they had all arrived I came back with the kids and the kids were in the tee shirts. My mum read them, but totally didn't get it. DH's mum did though. It was lovely! They're all worried given our loss history, but happy too.

I'll put a photo of the kids on in a sec from my phone...

Love the pic! I'm going to do something similar with my DD for my fb announcement.

 

[BrittRashel]

Has anyone heard anything about Ajarvis? I've been thinking about her lately.

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

Disney - that is exactly how I feel! It's horrible, I'm literally sleeping my days away when I'm not at work just to avoid the feeling. My dr prescribed me anti sickness tablets but I took one on a really bad day and it made me so drowsy that I daren't take them again!

Sausages - my cycles were so out of wack when I came off the pill. In 13 months I had 5! My LMP was 19th April and I got my BFP in the 12th June but I was just randomly testing as I had no idea when I was due my period. I tested 2 weeks before my bfp and it was bfn so I clearly just ovulate really late! We've got to go back in 3 weeks for a rescan, by yesterday's scan we'll be 11+6 so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it is just late ovulation and not a case of baby not growing properly. We did see a little heartbeat yesterday though so that's put my mind at rest a lot

Harleyy - I'm so pleased everything went well at your scan. Looks like we're due on the same day!

 

[AnnieMac2]

Hello, I'd like to join. It looks like I have a lot of reading to do to get to know you all! Which is awesome. Congratulations on all of these pregnancies.

I'm 7w5d and due 2/26. I had an u/s at 7w and got a heartbeat. It was slightly slow at 118, but close to normal. Also a little small, but not enough to bother moving the due date.

Britt - I was on a PAL thread with ajarvis. She is a little worried and has a scan this week (although maybe she said that on this thread already). Hopefully we hear good news from her soon!

 

[dustergrl]

sausages, cute pic!

Welcome, Annie!

I've been sleeping a lot- keeping up on here has even been difficult! I have also been getting what I assume to be hot flashes ALL AFTERNOON. From about 3:00 in the afternoon to 8:00 or so, I'm just hot. Nothing can cool me down. I'm dying for a swim but while on pelvic rest I've been told that's out of the question. *cries* I've been making do by putting ice packs on my chest. Anyone else with the hot flashes? Restless legs have also been an issue at night, making it difficult to sleep.

 

[kayleigh_jane]

Welcome Annie and congratulations!

Sausages - that is about the cutest picture I have ever seen! What gorgeous kiddies and such a gorgeous announcement!

Harleyy, I'm so relieved for you!

 

[mrswichman]

Wow just looking at some tickers crazy how some Will soon be in 2nd trimester. I hope everyone is well and the nausea/sickness goes soon

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Awww what a cute way to announce!
I bought my dd a "big sister" shirt and it took my mom waaaay too long to get it!
I am hoping to do a fb announcement after my first scan, but idk what I'll do exactly. I've seen a lot of cute, clever announcements lately. I always feel guilty announcing pregnancy because I know there are people who are dealing with infertility or other issues, even more of my fb friends than I know of, I'm sure. I want to celebrate our joy, but at the same time, I don't want to rub it in anyone's face. Especially since in our case this is baby number four and we had sex seriously twice in a year and fell pregnant totally by accident and there are people undergoing years of testing and treatment...
Sorry. That's my ramble for the evening.

 

[Jaxvipe]

My scan is on Friday! I can't wait! Haven't been able to find hb on the Doppler which sucks but I know it's early.

I cannot wait until this nausea goes away. I'm so over it

 

[Jonesbaby19]

Hi there ladies,

Hope everyone's pregnancy is going really well and you're all feeling well.

I was due on the 26th February, but I have unfortunately suffered an early miscarriage . Sorry to be a downer, but I just wanted to let you know so that the front page can be amended.

Praying for a healthy baby next cycle when I will be having a frozen embryo transfer Fingers crossed.

Wishing you bucket loads of luck for your pregnancies.

Best wishes xx

 

[BrandiCanucks]

So my laptop has a virus and won't let me enter my password to get in. I have my kids' computer but it's super slow so I won't be around much, if at all, til I get my laptop fixed. Will add the two new ladies.

AFM, I took my son, who will be 1 next week, to the pediatrician yesterday because he doesn't bear any weight on his legs and when he crawls, he drags one leg. There is a possibility of neurological damage from his birth, so the fact that even my special needs daughter had these skills at this age concerned me. The pediatrician doesn't believe he has neurological damage, but he is concerned that my son has hip dysplasia. He hasn't gained any weight since February, and actually lost two pounds between December and February. He was 18lbs 7oz in February and was 18lbs 4oz yesterday. He has the classic frog leg position, and Google tells me that at his age, he will require surgery and/or a full body cast if he has it. I tried to take him for the bloodwork yesterday but his veins are too small so he has to be done at the hospital by the NICU team, and they weren't able to do his ultrasound either because they didn't have anyone to hold him down, and I'm 10 weeks, so couldn't do it.

Considering quitting my job. I feel like I have so much going on in life right now.
I'm about to go to trial with my ex over access to my kids, I'm 10 weeks pregnant, my 1 year old is now undergoing testing to find out why he isn't developing his gross motor skills properly, why he isn't gaining weight, and is about to start weekly occupational and physiotherapy sessions. My job requires me to get up at 4:15am, be on my feet for 8 hours and all I want to do is sleep when I get home, but I have 4 kids to look after. I have to get my kids up at 5am so I can go to work and it's not fair to them. My older son is headed into a teleconference thing to look for any mental health issues since he's beginning to show some sexually disturbing behaviour involving his autistic sister, and well, I have an autistic daughter on top of that.

I only went back so I could get the maternity benefits at the end, which will last a year. We're not struggling without me working.

What would you do? Stick it out for the extra $1200 a month for a year, or stay home?

 

[dustergrl]

So sorry, Jonesbaby. Best of luck to you with your transfer!

Wow, Brandi, that's a tough one. Are you paying for child care for your 4 now? I'm not sure how things work in Canada, but I know that if you are paying for care while you are working, it may even out in the end for you to quit. That being said, has fatigue improved for you during second trimester in the past? If so, it may be worth it to wait a couple weeks and see how you feel.

I do know that you seem like a very strong woman. That is a lot going on for you at once!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Yeah, it gets better around 13/14 weeks for me. I think I'm just trying to adjust from waking at 7am to waking at 4am and being on my feet all day long. I just know my time is going to be taken up a lot by these therapies and counselling soon as well. The OT and Physio will take up 2 days a week. I'm paying $500 a week for daycare right now, but that will drop to $820 a month in September and I won't pay anymore once I have the baby.

I'm just not sure what to do.

 

[Quantea]

Hi there ladies,

Hope everyone's pregnancy is going really well and you're all feeling well.

I was due on the 26th February, but I have unfortunately suffered an early miscarriage . Sorry to be a downer, but I just wanted to let you know so that the front page can be amended.

Praying for a healthy baby next cycle when I will be having a frozen embryo transfer Fingers crossed.

Wishing you bucket loads of luck for your pregnancies.

Best wishes xx

I am so sorry Jonesbaby, I hope everything works out with the FET nexth month!

So my laptop has a virus and won't let me enter my password to get in. I have my kids' computer but it's super slow so I won't be around much, if at all, til I get my laptop fixed. Will add the two new ladies.

AFM, I took my son, who will be 1 next week, to the pediatrician yesterday because he doesn't bear any weight on his legs and when he crawls, he drags one leg. There is a possibility of neurological damage from his birth, so the fact that even my special needs daughter had these skills at this age concerned me. The pediatrician doesn't believe he has neurological damage, but he is concerned that my son has hip dysplasia. He hasn't gained any weight since February, and actually lost two pounds between December and February. He was 18lbs 7oz in February and was 18lbs 4oz yesterday. He has the classic frog leg position, and Google tells me that at his age, he will require surgery and/or a full body cast if he has it. I tried to take him for the bloodwork yesterday but his veins are too small so he has to be done at the hospital by the NICU team, and they weren't able to do his ultrasound either because they didn't have anyone to hold him down, and I'm 10 weeks, so couldn't do it.

Considering quitting my job. I feel like I have so much going on in life right now.
I'm about to go to trial with my ex over access to my kids, I'm 10 weeks pregnant, my 1 year old is now undergoing testing to find out why he isn't developing his gross motor skills properly, why he isn't gaining weight, and is about to start weekly occupational and physiotherapy sessions. My job requires me to get up at 4:15am, be on my feet for 8 hours and all I want to do is sleep when I get home, but I have 4 kids to look after. I have to get my kids up at 5am so I can go to work and it's not fair to them. My older son is headed into a teleconference thing to look for any mental health issues since he's beginning to show some sexually disturbing behaviour involving his autistic sister, and well, I have an autistic daughter on top of that.

I only went back so I could get the maternity benefits at the end, which will last a year. We're not struggling without me working.

What would you do? Stick it out for the extra $1200 a month for a year, or stay home?

Oh, honey, when it rains, it pours. I'm sorry you're going through all that! It seems like you have your hands more than full. About your son, I know the hip dysplasia diagnosis is awful and having to possibly go through surgery and PT and everything is going to be a long uphill road, but at least it's something fixable, right? The way I see it, surely it's better than a neurological disease that would be unfixable? (and I think I had mild hip dysplasia as a baby too, because my parents had to keep me in double diapers with my legs immobilized high and to the sides, but now I'm totally fine, with an awesome sports record and a brown belt in karate ) Did the doctor mention a prognosis? Does it have to take place soon?

About your job, I guess it depends on how much you need the extra money and if you guys can make do without. I have also started at a new job since finding out I was pregnant, and it's quite hard on me as well because it's 8 hours on my feet and running around. I cannot even imagine having to come back home to taking care of 4 kids on my own, so you're kinda my superhero at the moment, lol. So, the thing is, I have been struggling with the same decision as well. Stay in the job but risk complications from the extreme physical strain (I literally have to keep running stairs up and down, which my OB is not happy about) or give up and lose the income (my husband is kinda forced to work pro bono at the moment, so mine is the only income in the house). It can be a very serious decision, and there's always the fear of financial insecurity, especially with a little one on the way (or 4 little ones already under your care, as in your case).

In my case, I haven't made any permanent decisions yet either, but I'm leaning towards leaving work for now. I'm gonna meet my department manager tomorrow to inform him of my pregnancy and ask for lighter duties. He seems like a decent person, but I'm not sure how much he can do given that it's extremely busy and he doesn't have many choices. So I have already made up my mind that if I can't bring my work load down, I may take a no-benefits absence leave at the end of the month. It's a decision I can live with, I think, and it has made me feel lighter and sleep easier at night. We will miss the money, but if we only buy the essentials we should be able to pull through until after baby is born and I can get back to work. Parents and in-laws are also giving us their support and are chomping at the bit to buy things for the new baby to help us out financially, so there's that too.

But that's just me though, and to be honest, I wouldn't completely lose my job, so I guess that's a fringe benefit that made my decision easier. So, I guess things to consider would be how financially stable will you be without the extra income, and how difficult would it be to get another job later on? Are there people in your family willing to help out if anything sudden happens and you need some extra support? Are there any chances that DS's health issues might bring on more expenses? Or, on the other hand, will your DS need to stay at home for a long time after a possible surgery or need a higher level of care until he gets back to normal? These are all very serious considerations, and it's not an easy decision. Also, no one else can walk in your shoes, so I'm sure when the time comes, you'll know what's best for you and your babies

 

[Jaxvipe]

Oh man Brandi that sounds so tough I hope everything turns out ok. Your life sounds very stressful right now. I don't blame you for thinking about quitting. Right now you may just need to reevalute and focus on taking care of yourself and your babies.

 

[BrittRashel]

I'm sorry Brandi. I have no good advice because I can't even imagine what I would do in your situation. Lots of and I hope you are able to get some good advise from some other ladies.

AFM, I officially can't button my slacks anymore. I had to break out the bella band this morning. I'm also getting a lot of round ligament pain today. I'm definitely growing.