May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[anti]

Welcome Touch the sky!! Nice to have you. My boobs didnt hurt for long either. Only time they hurt now is when i take my bra off, even then its not bad. hurts when i get in the shower though. let us know how you're getting on.

 

[zephyr]

Welcome!! i wouldn't worry about that, all my symptoms went away for about 5 days or so, even the sore boobs weren't really all that sore anymore. Thought the worst but found 2 heartbeats on the scan! Its really hard not to worry when symptoms do go though! Just wait till the morning sickness kicks in

 

[zephyr]

zephyr - I keep thinking labour terrifies me, but if it was that bad, you wouldnt have more than 1 baby... that said, you dont think of labour when you start ttc! This is my first and I am terrified but I want a water birth with gas in air... but obviously if it gets to much to handle i'll want more! I dont think you can have a birthing pool when you're having twins! Let us know anyway, I know its different everywhere.

I keep getting a niggling feeling that Im having twins - not sure if its instinct or just me wanting it. gotta wait 5 weeks for my scan to have a look in there! just want the next 5 weeks to go quick... then they can slow down.

Lol nah you dont think about that at all ttc, once I got preggers I was like "oh damn thats right" haha nevermind, its gotta happen.

yeah water birth is out. I think I probably will go for an epidural, actually I am sure thats what they do anyways in case you need a c section but ill be asking all about that next vsit cos its something I have been thinking a lot about lately.

Haha oo can't wait for your scan! Someone else has to have twins!

 

[anti]

Got cramps today... Feels like period pain! Anyway... Sure it's all ok in there.

My border collie pup cut her foot last Friday so we were down the vet on Saturday, Monday and Thursday. Now today she's managed to cut two of her other feet so off to vets again tomorrow! She's costing a fortune! But Id do anything for her. Just hope she gets better soon. 3 cut paws out of 4 is not good odds! She can barely walk! So worried!

 

[rjsmam]

urg am having pains on my left side... if they get worse i'll need to call nhs24... fingers crossed they pass.....

birth terrifies me! i have an 8yr old... he was back to back, long, horrible and sooo painful... i had a spinal / epidural right at the end as was prepped for surgery... but he came with ventouse eventually... but dont wanna do that again!!

 

[Touch the Sky]

thanks! i get paranoid when there is no symptoms

zephyr - congrats on twins i had a dream last night that i was having twins, but i think that was a fluke, my 1st beta was 220 and my 2nd was 437 which doesn't seem indicitive of twins

rjsmam - i'm also terrified of giving birth! who the heck came up with the idea of pushing a full sized baby out of your lady parts?! i'm just saying

 

[zephyr]

Ya never know, my numbers were 265 at 16 or 17 dpo.

Anti sorry bout your dog! Hope she gets better soon! two weeks ago my dog was vomiting everywhere for a day was going to take her to the vet the next day if it hadn't cleared up but overnight it did. Have no idea what it was but it was so sad and worrying! Guess she ate something funny.

Yeah I feel like period cramps too haha we must all be growing! I can't wait for my bump, its already a tiny bit there. I have a little extra padding though so for other people its hard to tell ahaha
My morning sickness has gotten so bad I lost it once yesterday morning, once during the day and 3 times last night and then again this morning! If it keeps up today will have to ring midwife cos It feels like too much puking.

Also has anyone started feeling that horrid dizzy feeling and heart racy feeling? I had it last night and its so awful! I read its your blood volume increasing, either way - not cool.

 

[wavescrash]

Did you know that at 7 weeks, your uterus has doubled in size already?! How cool is that?!

Question - how do you girls want to give birth - natural, epidural, section?! would love to get some different views.

Neat fact, I didn't know that but makes sense based on how I'm feeling haha.


With my daughter, I had an epidural. I was afraid to get one but the contractions were too painful. This time, I'm going to go without it as long as I can but I'm not afraid to ask for it again. I just don't want to wait too long before it's too late to get it. I don't believe I could handle a natural delivery. But more power to those of you who can

 

[zephyr]

Yeah natural deliveries are hard! A one time experience haha not something you wanna do twice well some people find it easy. I personally felt like I was in an alien movie! But then I am a total wuss when it comes to pain haha If I had to go natural again I would but epidurals are great I heard water birth is good too but I never got to try that.

Waves did I have a complete pregnancy fog? I didn't realise you had a daughter!

Uggh my mum dragged me into town today for food, which was tempting but then she wanted to walk round the mall and we have the rugby world cup on at the moment and I think theres some rugby team playing in our town, or just recently have played so theres so many people in town. I hated every second and now I am exhausted! My mum just didn't seem to get it that I am extra tired and extra sick! She kept saying "but why" and I was like "because theres two" and she just didn't get it grrr
Also the fact that I used to work security in the mall and everyone knows I am having twins thanks to facebook but havn't congratulated me in person so every shop I went into I had to say the same story over and over. I think I was looking pretty angry by the end of it. And now I want ice cream and I have none

 

[wavescrash]

There's a voicemail recording of me in labor last time going on & on about how great the epidural is and how I'll get one every time. What a hoot!

Yep, I have a 6 year old. It's a bit of a unique situation though. She's been raised by my parents since she was 8 months old or so. She's been in their custody since then as I had her at 18 and was really struggling to support even myself at the time. I live at home with her and my parents though so I'm still here every day but if I were to move out, she'd want to stay with my parents.

Aww, no fun I've had the worst gas pains/cramps today and am constipated beyond belief (weird to say since I was able to go earlier today but there's so much more that needs to get outta me, ewww!) so it's been a miserable day. Back to another day of not able to eat much but here's hoping it gets better tomorrow.

 

[zephyr]

Aw that's no fun! Nothing worse than feeling bunged up!
Oh as long as that situation works for you I was really young when I had my oldest daughter too (17) shes 10 now and it was the most challenging thing I ever did so I can see how that situation would work out better, I wish I had of had more support from my parents. Its really good that you are able to stay there with her

LOL at the voice recording! I wish I had one at my sons birth, I screamed at my midwife "you tricked me you tricked me you evil wench" omg! I am mortified that I said those things to her, though she did deserve it, its really unlike me Funny story though.

 

[wavescrash]

Thanks

Hahaha, while I was pushing with my daughter, my Mom said something to me and I screamed at her, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE!" yet she's had 3 children. They never let me live that one down.

 

[zephyr]

Haha thats a good one! its funny the things we come up with during labour!

OH gave me a sleep in today so I feel really rested but the problem with sleeping in is I end up getting bad morning sickness and feel really faint cos I don't eat at my usual time uggh had some cheese and tomato crackers for breakfast, hope this feeling goes soon.

 

[zephyr]

uggh double post

 

[Stash777]

Hi ladies! Can I join you lovely gals? I'm due May 27th.

zephyr did your betas more than double? Mine doubled in 32 hours (15dpo was 87 and 17dpo was 239) and I've been having this weird feeling that there may just be more than one in there. It is possible since I was on soy to induce O (we were on fertility meds but decided to take a break from that for awhile). Guess we'll find out on Friday as we have an early scan! Congrats on twins!!

 

[wavescrash]

Hey ladies, hope everyone's doing okay and feeling well.

The anti-nausea meds I'm on have diarrhea as a side effect but for whatever reason, all I have going on is constipation and intense gas pains still. My Mom picked up some chewable Benefiber tablets and you take 3 at a time up to 3 times a day but they taste... interesting. There's no sugar but they're SO sweet it's almost sour. I should probably take them now since I only did once today if I want to see a difference but I'm afraid haha. The consistency once they're chewed up is different and interesting as well.

Anyway - I treated myself to a movie at the theater tonight with soda & some popcorn. I saw 50/50 if anyone is familiar with it and I absolutely loved it. I also treated myself to a new desk and lamp yesterday that I assembled myself. Probably shouldn't have exerted myself so much but all seems well.

And now I get to wake up at 6am for work and begin an exhausting work week. I get every other weekend off work (which I had this weekend) but the weekends I'm scheduled are the worst work weeks EVER. Not looking forward to it. However, I am looking forward to Thursday which = 9 weeks along and also = one week until my next appointment

 

[zephyr]

Stash - I never did a second set of tests, we only did the first lot cos I got a negative urine test at the office and I begged for bloods to be done Good luck at your scan, let us know how you get on!

Waves - sorry bout your work week it sounds pretty full on! It must be hard with the fatigue and nausea aye!

 

[wavescrash]

Thanks! It pays off but near-40 hour work weeks with 8 hour shifts each day on my feet the whole time stinks! The fatigue doesn't help at all but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

 

[anti]

Welcome Stash... so glad you could join us!

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Hope you are all well and feeling good! I'm feeling a bit blurgh today. I wake up and just feel yuk but I dont need to be sick or anything... i just dont feel good. I have to force myself to eat a piece of toast and that settles it a little bit, but not by much. Got a short week at work this week coz have my first midwife appointment on Friday so I've taken the whole day off. I'll lose a day's money, but anyway! Still got 5 weeks till my first scan... If I dont count this week, it's 4 weeks. yay! I have a feeling this week is going to go super quick. Hope the next 4 weeks go quick to, coz then I'll be out of the first trimester... time can slow down then.

 

[sharon0302]

Going CRAZY!!

Waiting for GP to ring me back- yesterday about 12.15pm I felt a gush and there was about a tablespoon of bright red blood and I rang the out of hours doc who told me if I bled heavier or got bad pains to go to A & E otherwise to try and rest up and call my GP this morning. Well I didn't have any pain and the bleeding tapered off. Then at 2.50pm I had another lighter gush and it tapered off and nothing since- has anyone experienced anything like this?


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