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

[rjsmam]

hey ladies... no scan date here either! gah... everything about ttc/pregnancy = waiting!



x

 

[wavescrash]

!!!!! Less than 200 days to go over here! 199 to be exact! Another minor milestone met

And thanks ladies, my migraine eventually went away after 4 longgggg days haha.

 

[YoungNImum]

I rang the hospital about my scan date. The only got my notes from the doctor on friday, the lady said i should hear from them shortly YES!

 

[bumpin2012]

lol...you ladies are so lucky to be getting your scans soon. Mine will be the week of dec 12th...I'll be 20 weeks...Oh how I want these next 7 weeks to go fast!

 

[zephyr]

haha bumpin each week I see how far along you are and go "wowwee times gone so quick!!" I can't believe some of us have reached or are very near the 12, 13 week mark! Also can't believe there's talk of the 20 week scan already! Excitement!! I'll be getting mine around the same time you'll be getting yours. Midwife said she will give me the form to take at my 18 week appointment and I can book in anytime between 18 and 20 weeks. What wonderful timing, right before xmas.

Dont wanna jinx myself because everytime I say I have stopped spewing the next day I live in my bathroom haha but I thiink things might be settling down again I have had two days of feeling 'better' and did not spew a single time today! So fingers crossed that is it for me. Oh man I hope so!

I was watching twin c section and vaginal births today on youtube and omg how amazing!! of course the c section births look a heck of a lot calmer! I wasn't too impressed watching some doctor put his arm up the womans thingeemajig to try turn round the second twin that kinda made me get the heebie jeebies!

 

[anti]

zephyr - once you're in labour all you'll want is two healthy babies out so doctors putting their hands places probably wont bother you at the time. I know the whole thought of it bothers me now, but I keep telling myself that when the time comes, I wont care!

I have 13 more sleeps till my scan!!! yay! really looking forward to it and getting a proper edd. then my next appointment will be at 16 weeks and then a scan at 20 weeks and I can book into the birthing unit. its actually going quite quick but want the next 2 weeks to go quicker.

We're all going to be in the 2nd trimester soon... so exciting! All the fun begins after the 1st trimester!

 

[bumpin2012]

you know, looking back it does feel like time has flown by. Each week feels better than the last and then I think "holy crap. Im actually having a baby!" I still find it hard to believe!
Im probably going to have my scan around the 20th. OH is on a course and wont be able to go until after the 15th, so I'll actually be 21 weeks when i finally get my 1st scan.
I agree with Anti though. I dont think you will be to concerned with where the dr's hands are while delivering your babies...especially if you already have delivered the first of the pair!

Anti: Im so excited to hear about your scan! 2 weeks is nothing considering how long you have waited already! (I keep telling myself that) Did you finally get things sorted out with your mom? and how is your puppy doing?

 

[sharon0302]

I rang the hospital about my scan date. The only got my notes from the doctor on friday, the lady said i should hear from them shortly YES!

I would take that with a pinch of salt as their couple of days has become over a week!


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[anti]

bumpin thanks for asking! Um - things are still up in the air with my mom. She sent me an email on sunday and I replied last night so will see what she says back, if anything. To be honest, Im at peace with myself and Ive done what I believe to be right - so the rest is up to her to be honest, but lets just say she wont be coming round my house for a very long time.

As for my pups - she's ok. Running around like nothing happened to her. She's very very nervous of other dogs though and when another dog approaches she tried jumping into our arms, but other than that she's ok. Back to the vets on Saturday with her to get the staples out. She loves the vet! Good thing really coz she's down there every month, if not 2 or 3 times a month. Poor pups is always in the wars! Im still very cut up about what happened and am very nervous to take her out on my own, so I always make sure I have someone with me. We've got two dogs, so if anything happened and I was on my own I wouldnt be able to pick them both up, so it really is a two person job now. I'll have to put some pics up of my fluffy babies. I got a jack russell and a border collie. The collie is the one that got attacked. She's not even a year old yet!

 

[bumpin2012]

Oh poor thing! We have 2 dogs as well. Both are pomeranian-Chihuahua mixes, so they are little, but fiesty! Jackson is almost 2 and Zoie is 8 months. I hope your pup is able to get over the scrap. Dont be nervous though, they pick that stuff up better than we do! and if moms nervous, then dog gets nervous and can make her more prone to biting. Did you do any puppy school with her? We did the school with Jackson and now I wish we had done it with Zoie too...
Im glad you have come to a end point (for lack of a better desciption) about your mom. You really dont need that stress right now. Good on you!

 

[anti]

We didn't do puppy classes with them. We had planned to, but no sooner did we get Bella we both lost our jobs (the company we worked for went into liquidation) so we couldnt afford it. Bella is as good as gold though. she recalls very very well. she'll sit next to you when another dog approaches (which is what she did when she got attacked) she never ever nips at anything or anyone - doesn't even growl! The jack russell on the other hand is a handful.. She's very fiesty and doesn't listen! Shes very placid though. She wouldn't hurt anything or anyone unless they threatened us or Bella - then she goes mad! She's fantastic with kids/babies as well - which makes me feel alot better!

I know i shouldnt be nervous but i get on edge when a strange dog comes towards us now. Im just scared she'll get attacked again and that it will be worse. to be fair - we've had shiloh 18 months now and this is the first time anything has happened, so it probably wont happen again but I dont know what id do if my babies got hurt. I still feel so bad that Bells got hurt but we did everything we could!

Look at me ranting about my dogs on bnb! they are like my babies though!

 

[yazzy]

Hey everyone,

How are you all doing? Getting excited about seeing everyone's scan pics....i've got my second one in just over a week! I will try and take a pic and upload my 10 week one on here...still amazed how clear it is, you can see everything!

Ahhh talking about dogs...thats my soft spot, I have 4, an Akita, 2 Rottweilers and a Staffie, my mum also has 2 GSD's and a Rottie and my sis that lives there has a Leonberger....oh we also have loads of cats at my mums as she shows and breeds Devon Rex. Ummm slightly animal mad!

We run a dog training school and also show our dogs...hoping to get a new addition to get back round the show ring next year

Zephyr - glad to hear you have been feeling a little better.

Anti - countdown begins til your scan yay!

And for the girls in NI I hope your appointments come through this week.

I'm feeling a little better today, not feeling too sick which is a novelty. Bbs a little sore but I don't mind that at all. Can't believe we are nearly in 2nd Tri yay!

 

[anti]

yazzy - when you say you run a dog training school - do you actually help people train their dogs?! as ive said - my border collie was so easy to train and is as good as gold (we have a few hicups - but shes a puppy) but our jack russell is so defiant - shes a placid dog, but wont listen! wont recall at all when there's other dogs involved, which obviously im very worried about now!

 

[ClaireRSA]

Hi Ladies!
Here's a question, have any of you thought about storing or donating your baby's cord blood? It's really expensive here, i don't know about other places, but it could be worth while?

 

[anti]

Hi Claire! Been a while since we've seen you! I haven't really thought about it to be honest. I think id donate it but not sure Id invest the money to store it.

 

[sharon0302]

Have you ever heard the like of this- rang the hospital AGAIN to see about my appointment and nothing has been done. Apparently if you have been at EPU it can delay things!!! So women who have a scare are punished!! Grrrrrrrr! SO MAD.

My sister in law is 4 weeks ahead of me and has had scan and 2 midwife appointments from her hospital and I can't even get a bloody booking appointment!


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[ClaireRSA]

Hi
Ja, been busy at work, trying to finish my thesis before May (possibly wishful thinking) and I spoke at a conference a few days ago so that was a huge pain to prepare for.

Here it is about R6000 (how much is that in pounds..about 500?) once off then an annual storage fee, which is quite a lot so I will have to think about it. I haven't even asked DH about this yet only though about it today

 

[anti]

Ya thats about £500. I havent even looked into it here to be honest. Its a nice to have, but not a need to have, and we cant really afford extra bits at the moment! Speak to your DH and see what he thinks.

For the girls that have been following my dog fight incident - Ive rung the police and reported it. They've given me a reference number and they said someone will call me back and they will probably come round to take a statement and have a look at my dog because it has puncture wounds. I feel like beating myself up coz i didn't get the guy's name or address or anything. He said it wasnt his dog anyway so I cant prove a thing!

 

[hoping29]

My dog is my baby too. She is being spayed today and we were meant to pick her up 5 hours ago but apparently she pulled her drain out and bled everywhere so they needed to keep her in for longer. Should be picking her up in half an hour though, yay! She is a very good girl (Beagle) and although she had developed a chewing and digging habit, she is very placid. In the first few weeks I was pregnant, she had a phantom pregnancy - I wonder if she could smell the change in my hormones and that is what started it?

Claire - When is your due date for your thesis? I am just doing a masters degree but back at work full time and have to hand it in middle of March. I really hope it won't be too stressful to complete as I don't think that would be good for baby but would love to make sure I complete it on time as that then gives me 2 months of freedom before baby arrives! It does limit the free time I have to get things ready before then however!

Starting to get a real belly now so can't wait for my 12 week scan and everything to be fine so I can tell everyone I'm not just fat (although I think thats what some of it might be, my appetite has gone crazy). Seeing the midwife Thursday and then I presume she will send in all the paperwork and then wait for scan date.

 

[ClaireRSA]

@hoping29...well i'm 4 years into my doctorate so it was due about a year ago, haha..but i suppose that is just how research goes. Hopefully lab work will be done by jan and then i will finish up writing thereafter, I want to submit in about april. I really want to finish by then, i really don't want to have to think about it while i am on maternity leave! I hope your doggie is doing well!