Lucky thread

[Tawn]

Morning Ladies!

Cath, not to worry! That is totally normal for my OPKs! I had a progression of darkness up till O and then it came down the same way. But now that it is neg that means you have already O'd anyway, and the fact you didn't get spermies last night doesn't mean anything because they wouldn't have been able to fertilize an egg anyway (remember it takes 10 hours or something like that for them to acclimate in order to be ready for the egg). On that chart, bd 1, 2 or 3 days BEFORE o is the highest likelihood and you did it perfectly! Believe me, you are in with the best shot possible hun!

Cheryl, funny cravings!!! You know, one of my weirdest cravings this pregnancy has been cheesy puff crisp thingys (the cheap store brand kind!!) SOOOO unhealthy and I don't know why I want them cause I don't ever eat them in real life, but every once in a while I HAVE to have a bag! LOL!

Bailey, you are lucky DF will watch that show with you! My DH would rather die than watch it with me, which is really annoying because I danced my whole life (ballet tap and jazz when young and then I was captain of my dance team when we got 3rd in State, LOL!!) so I LOVE it but never get a chance to watch it on my own!

Cupcake, I can't believe how much of a wiggler your bubba is already! I can't remember if Madison was squirmy at that time, but I do remember being surprised how low down she was (almost by my bikini line!). So glad you and your DH get to share that magic of listening to the choo-choo train that is your baby's heartbeat!

MrsD, you've been quiet this weekend! Hope that means that you and hubby are having a great time!

Amy, how you been feeling lately hun? Has your DH been helping more over the weekend to give you a break?

AFM, I know it sounds childish but I got upset at my DH this week about Mother's Day. Stepson's grandparents called earlier this week asking if he could go round theirs for a few hours today (Mother's Day) to celebrate with his Grandma and they just wanted to make sure we didn't have any special plans. So I called DH that night, I think it was Thursday? and asked him if we were doing anything Sunday as it was Mother's Day and he was like "Nope! He can go to theirs if they want!" And then followed it up with "Well, I guess you are almost a mum so if you want to do dinner or something we could"......................

Hormones RAGING I almost hung up on him. I know I am "almost" a mum to Madison, but for the last 11 months, I have bathed, fed, cuddled, done homework, dried tears, packed lunches, celebrated milestones and holidays and put to bed every night my stepson, but it didn't even occur to him I was thinking more of SS than baby when referring to this mother's day! He is usually SO sweet and sensitive, but I was totally F'd off! He then went on to mention that we will take SS out to get a card or something for his bio mum.......the woman who can sometimes be arsed to see him 2 hours a week. UMMMMM yea insert tantrum here.

But he understood after I explained to him how freaking thankless and f'd up being a stepparent can be sometimes because "I'm not his mum" I just play the role etc etc and then I woke up this morning to a sweet card and present from stepson. Guess DH got the message but seriously, you would think I wouldn't have to s-p-e-l-l it out for him hahahahahhahahaha.

Hope you are all enjoying your celebrations today!

 

[cupcake1981]

Aw Tawn I'm glad you spelt it out to him!!! Men are so useless at times! You are more if a mum to SS than that other woman! I'm glad you got some spoiling in! Anyway...as a mum to be to Maddison you should have been spoiled, growing a baby inside you deserves some serious recognition to!

I hope all you mummy's and mummy's to be got spoiled this morning! (I didn't even get a cuppa in bed as I'm not a mummy yet apparently!)

I am loving my Doppler so much, the reassurance is worth every penny and it makes it feel so much more real hearing that little steam train in my belly, esp as the little flutters aren't regular yet.

My mum text me last night and said she's not seen me this happy since my wedding day, and she's right, I've been so sad for so long but life is so full of happiness these last few days.

Xx

 

[baileybubs]

Tawn I don't blame you for being mad at him!!! You are so much more of a mum to SS than his bio mum, and suggesting he get a card for HER???! I'd have flipped out!!
Glad he got the message lol!!

Cupcake - so nice to hear that you are so happy Hun. What a great Mother's Day pressie for you being able to listen to your baby's heartbeat!

Well no spoiling for me this morning, I didn't expect it anyway. His alarm kept going off this morning and he kept snoozing which meant I was then wide awake of course so I snapped at him that considering it was Mother's Day he might have been kind enough to try and let his pregnant fiancée have a lie in. So he got up and said "happy Mother's Day from Millie" and that was my lot lol!

 

[AmyB1978]

Cupcake, enjoy the happiness, you deserve it!

Tawn, nit childish at all, you had every right to be mad! Glad DH stepped it up and gave you the recognition you deserve!

Baily, sorry his snoozing woke you up and that all you got was a happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my friends across the pond!

AFM, DH helped some yesterday and asked if he is doing enough and if I am ok. I told him he is because i do feel like he is, especially since he is being generous enough to be working and I get to be home with her. I have zero maternity leave so we are using savings for me to be home (along with him working) and I am so grateful to not have to leave her that I don't want to make him do too much
( feel like he does enough in working, he is also taking online classes to get a new degree and takes out trash, etc.) i always did everything around the house and it has always been hard for me to ask for help so I a trying to learn how. He did hold her more so I could rest but she is in a feeding frenzy lately ( or was yesterday) so it left little time for me to rest.

 

[cupcake1981]

Oh bailey sorry you didn't get any spoiling, your df is rubbish! I was wished a happy 'expectant mothers day' by my mum and sister, but when i asked hubs for a cuppa in bed this morning he said no your not a mum yet! Bloody cheek lol!

Well MIL cried as expected when she opened her book, she and FIL are over the moon! It was such a lovely way to tell them and she's desperate to know what we're having now so she can buy blue or pink/lilac wools! In the meantime think she's gonna get busy with some blankets!

Amy glad you got some help from your hubs yesterday. You celebrate Mother's Day at a different time of year in the us don't you?

Ladies with dopplers, how often did you use yours? Is twice a day too often? x

 

[CherylC3]

Happy Mother's Day.xxx

Cupcake u deserve to be happy Hun. I kno how it feels all the worry and stress being third time round. Xx

Tawn I'm shocked at ur dh... U hav been more of a mother to Ss than his bio mum, it's a lot to take on a child... I hope he's made up to u...x

Bailey I got nothing either not like I was really expecting anything my hubby just doesn't think.x

Amy I'm glad ur hubby is helping. U are lucky to be at home with Emily and not nd to work. X

 

[CherylC3]

Aw thts great about mil and fil... I only used mines twice a week or if I was worried but I didn't get mines till I was about 18 wks. X

 

[CherylC3]

Oh I've just notice today is the date when I had my first miscarriage last yr xx

 

[AmyB1978]

to you Cheryl, dates are hard!

Cupcake, yes Mother's Day isn't for a couple months here.

 

[baileybubs]

Cheryl, mines coming up soon too, can't believe it's been a year. And all that's happened in that year too.

Cupcake - I tried to use mine about 3 times a week, but sometimes it was more like once every day lol!! The further along I got though the less I used it coz I could feel movement more and more.

 

[CherylC3]

Morning girlies

Aw Amy I forgot ur Mother's Day is in may..x

Yeah bailey thts probably been a yr since this thread started... Wots ur plans today?x

How's poppy doing anyone kno?xx

 

[Tawn]

Morning Ladies!

Cheryl for your mc day! Even though you have Leo, that doesn't make the pain of that loss go away!

Cupcake, I used mine every other day or so but then I read a thread that said not to do that because dopplers are untested for long-time use effects on the baby (it emits a very small amount of the same sort of wave as an ultrasound I think?) and it isn't recommended to use it more than necessary. Well at that point it was FAR too late for me as I'd used it so much It could have just been BnB forum rubbish or it could have some merit, so I stopped using it so often after that, and for MUCH shorter periods. I just looked it up again and the jury is still out (handheld dopplers are too recent an invention for much research to have been done on them) as they don't know the effects etc etc. So maybe use it when you feel the need for reassurance but try and keep it quick? I sat there for ages listening to Madison and wish I could go back and have done it less LOL

Morning Bailey! What you getting up to today?

Today is mine and DH's antenatal course (a long one! from 10am-3pm! I can't imagine what they have to say that takes that long, it isn't even at the hospital so it doesn't include a tour!) and then I am going to start some serious cooking tonight as I am making double meals this week so I can freeze the second batches for DH to just pop in the oven after Madison gets here. It's better than work, but it's gonna be a long one!

 

[baileybubs]

Morning ladies!

Hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day.

Cheryl - seems strange to think its been a year this thread had been going doesn't it! Me and df are supposed to be going to DFS to look for a sofa if I can be bothered, I keep getting strong cramps so might not go anywhere lol!

Tawn - hope your antenatal class is good, bring us back any tips or info that's good! My antenatal classes were rubbish!

 

[CherylC3]

Aw Tawn thts wot I need to do make meals for after Leo is here.. My antenatal class is tonight too it's so boring tbh and if I get a planned section it will hav been a waste of time going to them lol...x

Aw Hun maybe Millie's coming early Hun... X

I'm just pottering today do some housework and watch tv, we've got snow here so I'm worried to go out incase I fell. X

 

[AmyB1978]

Tawn, hope your class is going well!

Cheryl, stay in where its warm and safe and relax!

Bailey, hope the cramps settle down and you get some rest.

 

[baileybubs]

Hi Amy how are you today?

Cheryl - yeah stay inside Hun good plan!

I was gonna make up some meals and stuff and I mentioned it to MIL and she said "the baby won't run your life you know you'll still have time to cook". I just ignored her lol!

 

[AmyB1978]

Bailey, lmao at mil comment... At least in this house the baby totally runs the show, at least for now

I am ok today, just nursing Emily then hoping to get some more sleep..

 

[CherylC3]

I just think it can't hurt to make a few up to do us. I don't want to stress about making dinners when Leo comes..x

 

[baileybubs]

That was my thinking too, my MIL is old fashioned sometimes, she forgets that last time she had a baby was 25 years ago and things have changed since then lol!

 

[cupcake1981]

Wow Tawn that's a long class! Would love to know what they teach you!

Bailey do you think Millie is going to come early? All these cramps and stuff sound like she is getting ready?

Cheryl what you up to today?

Where's Cath? Any symptoms at 2 dpo yet hun?

So I think ill try and hold back on the Doppler usage, as gonna limit myself to once a day but maybe even that's too much! I know I will stop when I can feel it move properly tho. I just love listening to the heartbeat so much. I read that in utero it sounds like a low flying helicopter to them, that must be a little scary for bubs x