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

[Keepsmiling91]

Keeps glad to see you back and feeling a bit more optimistic about things. When is your next ultrasound?

Thank you gigs Everything seems to have changed since I had Ella, before you tell your doctor and they refer you to midwife, now it seems to be a self referral to midwives which I haven’t done yet, just taking me a while to get used to the idea as I was very up in the air before. I know I’ll need a scan around the 12 week mark so will make the referral soon. It’s funny there’s 22 months between my eldest two Lucy and daisy. I went on a due date calculator using cycle length and last af, my EDD is the 18/08/18 and Ella was born 18/10/16 so exactly 22 months gap again to the day! I quite like the date 18/08/18 too x

 

[Keepsmiling91]

CB, Breea and Keeps - weren’t you all pregnant at the same time in 2016 too? Congrats all around!

Thanks Jez Yes I thought that too when I saw their !
I am a fellow bed sharer! I Breastfed/bed shared with my middle daughter Daisy until she was 2 & half, Ella is almost 15 months she’s in my bed, and stopped BFing about a week ago allthough we really cut down around 13 month mark. I do love her in my bed allthough missing my space, her cot is in my room I think I’ll start trying to get her in there soon! How’s Tilly? I love her name so much! It’s the cutest!

Dobs sorry I’m late to the party! But re:bed sharing me and Ella still share, and daisy too sometimes! I totally Mumma Lion thing, i would worry with them being in a different room, Ella’s cot is in my room but the only thing using it right now are her teddies! Sorry As dad is a dick, I have one of those too (not a dick thankfully) lol but a dad making very little effort when it comes to his kids. It hurts, and I hurt for my girls, but A is lucky to have you! respect to my single Mummas x

 

[ladyoflocksle]

I am starting to feel better Congrats to those of you who got your BFP's!!! I am excited for you and hope that everything goes well when you announce!

 

[Jezika]

Yikes Gigs, that sounds like a nuisance. Is he happy in his crib? I’m lucky Tilly doesn’t usually do much during the night apart from nurse sometimes, but when she wakes up in the morning she sits bolt upright, reaches over to my dresser and grabs whatever she can and plays with it. She used to wake up and smile and coo at me, but she’s now much more interested in other things

Keeps yay another bedsharer! I think it would be even harder for me to stop if I didn’t have a partner. Luckily DH is totally on board with bedsharing. I know that’s not always the case. And Tilly is doing well, thanks! She’s just about starting to walk fairly consistently and is so proud of herself. I love your kids’ names too. Are you hoping for a boy this time or would four sisters be your fancy? (I love the idea of lots of sisters!).

Lady I’m glad you’re feeling better! Flu absolutely sucks. My fitness class instructor told us yesterday that her friend’s husband unexpectedly died because of it over the weekend, yet he was supposedly young and healthy. So scary.

Shae - I hope you get to the bottom of the cervix issue. I wonder what your mum’s thoughts were.

 

[shaescott]

Jez- my mom said it’s probably a pelvic floor muscle issue and that I gotta do kegels.

Roommate update: she’s gone completely bonkers and is moving out. She has a lot of hormone issues and I think that’s definitely coming into play. She’s doing to me what she’s done to my other friends, and they are no longer friends with her (but still are with me). Kinda sucks, but honestly I’m okay with being on my own at this point. I’m tired of the drama. It’s like half these girls never left high school. Also, funny enough, the person she’s planning on rooming with is likely not gonna tolerate her well. I heard her talking about a previous roommate and how it drove her crazy how early she got up... well my now ex roommate gets up at 5:45 am to take her birth control every morning. That’s gonna go well.

 

[DobbyForever]

I keep unsubscribing cuz my thumb is too big r_r

Still catching up because exhausted. A is projectile vomiting randomly. He’s cry and cry and nothing will soothe him. He’ll roll around and fart and sounds like he is in pain. I’ll do everything I can think of. Eventually I try a bottle (usually close enough to feeding like 20-30m away). He’ll drink it like he’s hungry then as soon as I go to burp him vomit and then immediately falls asleep totally unphased. It’s happened twice now. Only with formula bottles. Today it took me an hour and a half to get him down for his nap. Yesterday and today it took me an hour to get him back to bed at 2 am. I’m wondering if he caught my stomach bug. But I also stopped adding oat cereal to his formula because his reflux seemed better so idk if that’s it because he used to spit up a lot when he got just formula CTucxutxrxjgcgkxtu

 

[shaescott]

Aw Dobs I’m sorry A isn’t feeling well. I hope he gets better soon!

 

[Brightxeyes]

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Right okay.. I tested yesterday, nothing came up. I’m due on today, needed a wee so did another test today, but I realised the time and had to shoot off to go fetch my son, so I left the test brewing. It literally took me about 8-10 minutes as the nursery is only over the road. So yes it was definitely over the brewing time... but there’s a faint line.... I think?!

So is there a possibility (despite being over the brewing time for a test). Has anyone had a line beyond the brewing time and ended up not pregnant?

Just wondering as I’ve checked tests past the brewing time in the past and there’s never been a faint line for me before?


Looks like it’ll be another test in the morning though to make sure!

 

[Keepsmiling91]

Bright eyes- an evap can appear after the testing time but that would be grey/colourless, yours is definitely pink so I’d say congrats! X

 

[Brightxeyes]

I’ve bought a Superdrug test to make sure (found them very reliable first time round, just didn’t want to keep buying tests every time I was late!)

Tempted to retest tonight! Eeeeeee

 

[Jezika]

Bright - I’d say it’s most likely a reliable BFP too! Congrats!

Dobs - poor A. Will you take him to the doc? Does he have fever? Hope it’s just the formula doing weird things. I remember the docs saying that with vomiting and fever the two most common things they look at is ear infection and UTI.

 

[shaescott]

Bright- I’d wait to test until tomorrow morning to give hcg time to build up. Either way, make sure you have a long urine hold so it’s more concentrated. That looks like a bfp, but considering the time frame I would take another. I’ve had an evap that was pink, looking at old tests that were months past the date I took them. Not sure about soon after though. Either way, I believe you said it wasn’t super outside the time frame, so I’m optimistic that it’s a real bfp!

 

[claireybell]

Bright that def looks like positive line to me yay!! Go ahead girl & pee on the superdrug one Lol feeeed the addiction ha ha! Superdrug ones are sensive esp if its the 4 day early one, i got positives with theres at 9/10dpo. Cheapy strips are like 20miu i think

 

[claireybell]

Sorry A is ill Dobs.. possibly has your tummy bug, did yours last very long?

 

[gigglebox]

Bright I'm calling bfp! Please post your follow up test!

Dobs hope it runs its course quickly any time des has caught what i had he got a milder version. Hope that's the case for you.

 

[M&S+Bump]

I’ve had false positives show up within the testing time-frame and last, but another test in the morning will soon tell you.

Congrats to all the bfps!

Sorry to everyone who is sick, it sucks for sure.

Just read like 15 pages in one go so that’s all I got. I have mostly been drinking waaaaaayy too much wine, crocheting like a demon and crying about not getting enough sleep. All other concerns are secondary

Isaac is still not crawling but I think he’s going to skip it altogether. He sits up from lying down, and lies down from sitting up, and can pull himself up and cruise the furniture. So next step is walking. Three teeth and two more on the way too - he’s getting way too big :sob:

 

[gigglebox]

So do you think you're reconsidering ttc ms? Ugh your sleepless woes are QUITE relatable. Lev is crawling like crazy, and trying to pull up on EVERYTHING, including the crib. He favors this above all else, including sleeping. Thus, he only goes to sleep when exhausted, and when he inevitably wakes around midnight we have a 1-2 hour battle of trying to get him to lay down and go back to sleep.

This has been so night and day from Des. This baby is crazy.

 

[gigglebox]

Also we are looking into a toyota sienna and broodiness is kicking in hard again, despite this crazy ass baby driving me...well, crazy.

 

[claireybell]

Hey M&S :wave: have some wine for me.. im missing it LOADS!

So i finally told SO this eve.. i got all upset & started crying Lol but he was suprisingly chilled about it & he said he was more upset that i felt i couldnt tell him straight away but hey ho! He wasnt too great with the news from my unplanned pg years ago that ended in Ectopic, so when i explained why i was apprehensive of telling him straight away he understood. So.. pheeeew! Im more relaxed now & i have booking with Drs on Monday eeep!

Oooh Gigs are you planning a third possibly??

 

[Flueky88]

Bright I think that is most likely bfp. Have you tested today? Good luck!!

Shae sorry roommate went batshit on you. She was the one that had alcohol poisoning?? Are you getting to room by yourself?

Dobby is A feeling any better? I give V a little Pedialyte if she vomits. I don't want her getting dehydrated.

CB I'm glad it went well telling OH. Honestly, I'd be concerned about telling DH if we had a whoops. I know he'd come around, but still. Looking forward to your appt.

Gigs I'm starting to get more broody again too. I think it's because I'm close to fertile window. DH asked when it was coming up today so I told him. It was to know when to suit up lol.

M&S oh wow. Yeah it sounds like he will skip crawling.

Well FIL is going to Disney later this year. Part of me wants to go so bad but I would delay ttc if we went. Also, the tickets, food, and souvenirs are pretty costly too. We would stay at animal kingdom lodge though. I'm kinda tempted to ask DH about it, but I'm also broody some so not sure. I guess I could always pick up extra days to earn money and not give up either...

DH is off this weekend. I'm looking forward to some time with him. He's going to apply for a maintenance position at his work. If y'all could pray or keep us in your thoughts it would be greatly appreciated.

Huge merger is now done ish. Not sure how I'm going to be affected. Their system didn't have hone health so not worried about job security. Interested to know if they will change pay, PTO, etc. Benefits wouldn't change until July 1st. Our nurses wear different colors so we are voting soon what color to wear. They won't implement til the fall. Whatever color they choose it will be tough to find the color. Also will suck I can't wear the maternity scrubs I had with V

Alright enough blabbing. Have a good weekend everyone