General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[gigglebox]

Ahhh pretty congrats on the baby boy!!! He's so cute!!!

 

[shaescott]

Gigs I’m so sorry about your dad. Cancer sucks, plain and simple. Unfortunately if it’s in multiple places it doesn’t sound good. You said they misdiagnosed him, but was it still stage 4 renal cancer, just a different type? If so, metastatic cancer has a very poor prognosis and responds poorly to treatment. While it’s definitely not what you want to hear, I have to agree with Flueks on consulting with hospice. Of course, if he wants to aggressively treat it, that’s 100% his choice. But if he’s suffering and tired, comfort care can give someone a very peaceful passing.

 

[claireybell]

Gigs, im so sorry to hear about your Dad, sending lotsa huuuge hugs & love your way

Our Tree is still standing lol I really thought Hayden would be the child to bring it down lol! Ours has been up a week today & we still need to go out & get the xmas gifts etc.. very unorganised this year..

Kit, congratulations on another healthy baby girl Just shows that nhs results aren’t always right. When is your official due date?

I saw Keeps posted on fb a funny eCard type thing about being ‘pg free for 2019’ lol i had to chuckle

Hayden turned 1yr old on Tuesday, cant believe how fast this year has passed no party or anything, we did a lil cake & candle & family popped over.. he was so tired & thrashing around come 6pm i had to put him to bed lol poor dude! Il post a couple of pics

 

[claireybell]

Le Tree

 

[claireybell]

Just a couple from Haydens birthday & him now pulling himself up & side stepping along furniture lord help me lol!

 

[kittykat7210]

Gigs, potty training is going okay, still not had a poopy nappy in over 6 months but unfortunately unless she’s naked she doesn’t tell us when she needs a wee and doesn’t seem bothered when she wets herself!

I’ll show the whole tree although it’s not brilliant to be honest Evie broke half the baubles before they got out on and I’m terrified she’s going to strangle herself on tinsel so no tinsel either haha!

official due date is 28th May, so still ages away but hey ho!

clairey beautiful photos! I also love how your tree takes pride of place, I’ve just shoved mine in the corner!!

 

[claireybell]

Kitty your tree is lovely hun Forgot to say that pic of Evie on potty stretching to the tree is so funny haha! & aww Summer bambino

Our lounge isn’t very big so the Bay window area is the only place the tree can go & also looks twinkly from the outside haha! But we have a big corner sofa so we can’t really move our furniture around to accommodate :-/ So far we’ve only had 1 broken bauble courtesy of Nuala lol!

Im going to start potty training in January with Nuala & do it cold turkey, no pull ups, we’ll go out & she can pick her own pretty big girl pants & il reside in the big kitchen area with no carpet for a couple of days incase of accidents lol! I know she can do it but shes just happy in nappies & doesn’t want to change but i need to try ..

 

[PrettyInInk42]

Hi ladies. So sorry that this is gonna be quick and selfish. It is way passed my bedtime and I'm exhausted. Just wanted to announce that my sister had her baby on Saturday night. I haven't visited yet, but I plan to "today" (Monday). Ugh, she looks so cute. Makes me want a girl even more. -.-

 

[gigglebox]

Isn't she precious?! I will say, missing a daughter feeling hasn't left me. I absolutely adore Myles though and wouldn't trade him! I will just dote on my friends' girls I guess!

Shae it's immunotherapy he's going to try (I couldn't remember the name earlier). I know things don't look good (my SIL is in oncology). But if he wants to try therapy that's his choice. Today they will brief him on it and he starts Wednesday. Him and my Mom are fully informed on things and I believe when hospice care feels right, he'll go that route. Right now he still has some good days.

My brother is coming home for Christmas and though I will enjoy seeing him, I know why he's doing it (to be with my Dad on what's likely his last Christmas) so I know it's going to be an extremely emotional holiday. Blahhh

Enough of that...these trees looks so pretty! I need to get a pic of mine but it's sad and not done yet.

Cb I love the giant deer! I have a light gray one but I think i'll be selling him...he was originally nursery decor in Levin's woodland themed room.

 

[shaescott]

Gigs sending prayers and good vibes that the treatment is effective. His wishes are of course the most important thing.

Pretty what an adorable little girl!

Kitty is there any bump to show off yet?

Beautiful trees everyone!

 

[kittykat7210]

Um there’s a small bump, I do feel more like I look fat rather than pregnant but it’s just a little phase, I’ve gained 2” round my waist and about 6” round the bottom of my waist so I do look rather strange! I’m still not gaining weight due to sickness but I’m sure that will come soon enough and I’m no longer losing any so that’s promising!

 

[wookie130]

Kitty, I'm glad you got the results you wanted from the Harmony test. Congrats in a healthy baby girl! I know you were stressed about the possibility of a child with Down's Syndrome. Glad to hear all is well with your pregnancy thus far!

CB- Hayden is utterly adorable!!! Oh my goodness!

Gigs- So sorry to hear of your Dad's illness. This must be a horribly difficult time for your family, and you're in all of our thoughts.

AFM- Our family adopted a little shelter dog last week, and we've named her Penny. She's awesome with the kids, and very sweet, and affectionate.

 

[wookie130]

Has anyone had trouble with their journal links no longer working? I wanted to go back and read some stuff, and it looks like neither my pregnancy or parenting journal exists anymore. Did they get deleted when the site switched over a while ago?

 

[shaescott]

Kitty it sounds to me like you’ve got the start of a little bump, it’s just low because the uterus is still low. I highly doubt you look fat

Wooks I just checked and mine says error too! I bet it’s just that the links changed slightly when the site moved over and it broke our links.

 

[Jezika]

Gigs I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. These are some of the hardest parts of life and I'm sending you all my love and good energy

Sorry for this otherwise selfish post... I'm quietly freaking out. Last week DH and I had sex and I checked my period app and saw I was waaaaaaay off my ovulation date (I was on CD19 and my period comes CD24 on average) so I was certain I'd be safe to let him release the little guys inside me instead of make a mess on me. Anyway, so then on CD23 I was totally expecting my period but it didn't come, and nor is there any sign of it today on CD27 (if it came today, my cycle would obv be 26 days long, though, not 27). So obviously I'm worried I'm pregnant, which is totally not what I want right now.

I was trying to reassure myself that I cannot possibly have a luteal phase that short, but I realized that it had just gone midnight when we had sex, so really it was between CD18 and CD19, and I ovulated on CD16 when I was pregnant with Tilly, so it's not THAT far off. In the throes of sex, I forgot that my period app predicts ovulation for way earlier than it seems to be for me.

Since my period became regular again in July 2018, I’ve had 21 cycles, and only two of those were 26 days in length (again, if my period came today, it would be 26 days). I’ve not had a longer cycle during that period of time, though I did have a 27-day cycle once or twice before that. What are the chances that this will be only the third time that I've had a cycle this long over the past 22 cycles, and coincidentally when I've had proper unprotected sex within a few days of what appears to be my ovulation window? But then... how can an LP of 5-6 days be healthy?!?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!?

 

[Jezika]

Okay nevermind; AF came full force last night and it was a beautiful moment, which I realize is a bizarre thing to say on a forum like this.

 

[kittykat7210]

Glad it came for you Jez I didn’t want to say anything because I didn’t want to worry you because your body can ALWAYS throw out a whacky cycle no matter how regular you are! But glad it worked out for the better xx

Okay nevermind; AF came full force last night and it was a beautiful moment, which I realize is a bizarre thing to say on a forum like this.

 

[kittykat7210]

Gosh it’s quiet in here at the moment! Hope everyone’s doing okay (thinking of you gigs )

in my world the vivid pregnancy dreams/nightmares have started! I had the worst dream last night, somehow I’d managed to ovulate pregnant and at our 20 week scan we found out I was also 12 weeks pregnant with triplets as well as 20 weeks pregnant with this one (doctor said we’d been having too much sex ) and my husband was telling me I had to abort because he didn’t want another 4 kids but in order to do that we’d have to abort this one and he was angry at me because I wasn’t doing it and walked out. Then I woke up! It was horrible!

 

[shaescott]

Jez glad things worked out!

Kitty wow that’s one crazy dream!

I hope everyone‘s doing well and having a lovely Christmas/holiday season! My family also celebrates Hanukkah, which started last night. We seem to have lost our dreidel, so that’s a whole thing SO’s family and I made a large amount of Christmas cookies yesterday, so that was fun.

 

[gigglebox]

Kit thank you yikes what an awful dream! Keep none or have 4 kids at once?! Not a decision I would ever want!
Are you finding the body changes easier to handle this time around?

Jez yikes pregnancy scares are no fun! I am glad things ended in your favor.

I'm in a little scare myself...due to the fact I don't track ovulation anymore but I absolutely need to! I ov'ed over a week ago but I didn't really make note of when. We had pull out sex a day or two before, and though he has proven to have excellent control, I still worry sometimes...I took a walmart cheapie yesterday which was negative and eased my fears a bit, but I was expecting af by today...but again I can remember my O date and in my head i was thinking I'll test again if it doesn't show by Wednesday...100% do NOT want to do the baby thing again so fingers crossed!

Thanks for all the well wishes for my dad. It's been rough for sure. I'm actually staying with my folks, leaving today though. My brother made a trip into town so we had family night last night. My dad was actually in good spirits and was better than I've seen him in quite a bit, so that was nice. He's still very weak but actually ate dinner with us at the table and even requested dessert after! All good things.

Wookie congratulations on the new furry family member!

Shae happy Chanukah! I am a quarter Jewish and we used to celebrate with our cousins but haven't in years. I do remember one year Chanukah landed on Christmas and we had a really fun party.

Get any good gifts yet?

Had anyone?
I haven't opened anything yet but our family tradition is to open one gift xmas eve.