Mid-August Testers

[InHisHands]

Nic - My nipples are healing but are still tender. My belly is forever ruined, and though i think im healed down below, i have about an inch rip that didnt stay sewen *shrugs* I'm still bleeding from the labor and i have my appointment tomorrow. I hope they give me the clear to go do situps... and give me a perscription for birthcontrol pills. I love dex, but i want him to be my first and last. I want my system to be used to the new pills and regular again BEFORE hubby gets back.

The last two nights dex has had his feeding at 8:15pm .. went down around 9pm and slept till 4am!!! wow. But he is extremely fussy during the days and most of the time im walking in a sling with him or hearing him scream. He's a nightmare to take out in public. Not sure how you get Finlay to be so good that you are willing to take him out to the olympics!! I cant even take dex to mcdonalds without him pitching a fit. I hope he grows out of that stage soon.

What is Dream feed? Do you guys have issues with leakage during the night? At 4.. i've been having to change his diaper, clothes, the blanket, and the disposable pad. I tried going up a size, but then the leakage was not only up top but around the legs. Tonight i placed a cut out portion of a maxi pad around the top of the diaper where there is no absorbancy and see what it does. I have him in pamper baby dry. I wanted to try huggies overnight because i heard a lot of good things about it, but they dont even start making those until size 3 and he's only in size 1. In a few days my mother will be going to babies R US and i asked her to buy some cloth disposable diaper liners.... but i have no clue what to do... it leaks out at the top since he's sleeping on his tummy. I hope this maxi thing helps.

BTW Dex is rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy now and scoots in his crib.. though he has not yet found anything yet to give him enough motivation to scoot on the carpet during the day.

 

[Srbjbex]

hey girls

Sorry I have been a bit absent the past few days....had a super busy long weekend in London for the Olympics - had an AMAZING time!! nic you will really enjoy it when you go - the atmosphere in the Olympic Park is fantastice - really busy but super friendly. Be prepared for lots of walking - certainly took it out of me! We were athletics on saturday, then we were very very lucky and also managed to get more athletics tickets for the Saturday night - and saw Team GB win 3 golds!!! The phrase 'the crowd went wild' is an understatement.

Seeing Mo Farah win the £10k was amazing and very emotional, especially when his wife joined him on the track afterwards who is 7 months pregnant with twins! I hope she can hold out to see him compete in the 5k too!!

Then watched the women's marathon on Sunday, followed by a trip to the theatre to see Matilda (highly recommended!). Then on monday we were at the Canoe sprint at Eton Dorney!! Phew

Exhausted when we finally got home, but well worth it!

More importantly, this is my penultimate week at work, so quite busy finishing everything off, but will have lots more time to post when I am on maternity leave - you'll be sick of me then!! haha!

Lots of love to you all

 

[InHisHands]

Lisette - you're fullterm today!!!! congrats! tell your little one to come on out. we want to see her!

Snow - CD 13 whoohooo!!!

Bex - sounds like you had a great time. did you swell much being out so much?

 

[Srbjbex]

Yes!! I was like a big fat balloon!! I dont think OH could quite believe it...!

 

[snowflakes120]

Nic - That sounds amazing. I think I'll be hitting up Trader Joe's this weekend to get the good to make it for dinner. Yummmm-o!! Hope your having fun at the Olympics - I wanna see Finlay in his GB gear! I can't believe that he's already 12 lbs and teething! I was a very small baby (still am very petite) and only weighed 17lbs at 1 yr old.

Bex - Sounds like you had lots of fun even if you are swelling!! I am soooo loving the Olympics - it's all we have on all the time. I just really love them. Hooray for last week of work.

Hands - I didn't realize you only wanted 1 baby... So glad that you are feeling pretty ok and things are healing good. And way to go Dex for having 2 great nights of sleep! What a strong boy to be rolling over!

AFM, super mega + today on my OPK. I think today's the day - CD13. It caught me a bit off guard, with it being a bit earlier than usual in my cycle - good thing we BD'd yesterday AM and got hubby into bed after work today. Hopes it's enough to get the job done.

My coworker announced she's 5 weeks PG today. She got lucky her very 1st month of TTC. I took it well. Of course she points to me and says "your next!!" and I just say "yeah right" pretty sarcastically. There is only 3 of us in our dept - so the 2 girls are now PG that I sit 2 ft away from all day. It's gonna be so hard these next few months for me. Then about a half hour later I had a bit of a moment in the bathroom. It's just so hard - we are currently on Cycle #15. It's just so discouraging. I pray that someday I will be able to have a take home baby. It just seems so far away.

CH - I believe that your hubby is having his surgery very soon. Just letting you know that I'm thinking of you!!

 

[InHisHands]

snow - yay for the opk!!!! I can't believe its "mid" august already and that it's been a year since we met. I know it is hard when people around you are pregnant, but try to think about how you will be pregnant someday and forget about them. It will happen sweetie. I think they say within two years 95 percent of all couples TTC get pregnant and within 5.. 98 percent. Your hubby checked out okay and they know ways to help you guys concieve.. there is hope and we gotta hang onto that

Nic - we just gotta see finlay in his GB outfit. That has to be so cute!!! His feet in his sufer's outfit last night was so adorable. Looked like he was just ready to get on a surf board and sail right on out of his room.

BTW - The last two nights dex has decided to go back to his 1:30, 6:00 wake up time frames ... *sighs* oh wells. He hasnt been sleeping well during the day and is overtired. I think that might be part of the reason he isnt sleeping as well at night.

Snow -- Yeah Dexter will be the only one for me. In fact when my husband and i got married 2 years ago, we didn't even want a baby. He had his daughter and felt like he was getting old, and i just didnt have a desire to ever raise one up from scratch. Then a few months went by and we thought i was pregnant because i was nausiated all the time... but i wasn't. I ended up needing emergency surgery because my intestine was restricted and they ended up cutting about an inch of it away. First thing i asked when i woke up is if the surgery would cause me not to be able to have kids (where they had to cut it was right near the ovaries and etc). They said no... and that started my thinking about "what if"

Christmas came around and i finally had enough guts to address hubby about the possibility. He jumped right on it and said he changed his mind too but didnt know how to tell me.. .and thus my next cycle in Jan of 2011 started my TTC journey. One baby is all i need or want and hubby has one of each and has no desire for another. Our little Dexter has completed our lil family.

 

[MrsBea23]

Snow - so sorry I must have thrown all my notes away I have looked everywhere. That eating regime sounds super hard what have you been eating? Can you have honey or is that a no no. If you can for beaky you could have crumpets with honey. How are you feeling this month? I have no chat to stalk lol.

Bex - That would have been amazing so jealous. So glad he got the double gold. I am so going to miss the Olympics being on. Is this your last week of work?

all

 

[InHisHands]

Lisette - How are you feeling hon? Are you having any prelabor symptoms.. besides maybe being anxious?

 

[Srbjbex]

Bea - yes last week at work for me. Very nice to think that this is my last Monday morning feeling for over a year! I think as we head towards the end of the week though I will start to feel a little bit sad about leaving as well. But going to line up lots of fun things for my mat leave before bubs arrives, lots of lunches and social occasions!

Lisette - it must me really close for you now. How is your maternity leave going? Have you got to the point yet where everyone keeps asking you any signs yet - i'm dreading people asking me that, I'm not very patient.

Nic - Olympics is now over whih is very sad, but feel very proud and was in tears when Mo won his second gold on Saturday. Mixed opinions of the closing ceremony - some very good bits, but some dodgy ones too. And very brave to see Gary Barlow perform - you could tell he was not himself, and probably shouldnt have been there, but I think that song probably means a lot to him now.

CH - Am I right in thinking you have docs appt this week? I have a feeling it was the same week as my last week at work.

Snow - how is the au naturel cycle going? Like Bea said its strange not having a chart to stalk - I don't know whether that would make it easier or harder?

Hands - Thanks for sharing your story about only wanting one bubba - I plan to have 3, but I will be very interested to know if that is how I still feel after I have had one! A lot of people who have children already say they have changed their mind about having another, or certainly how soon after their first they have another. Ideally i would like to have another within 18 months of bubs being born.....but very soon this could all change and I could be on here swearing that I am never having any more! Haha!

 

[NotNic]

Hey everyone. Bex you were right the Olympic Park was amazing. We loved every minute of the day and so glad we got to go. Lucky you for going on such a momentous day! I agree that the closing ceremony was pretty dodgy in parts. It was like someone had hit shuffle on an iPod! Bea do you feel sad that the Olympics are over? I do. I'm at a loss what to do most days! Roll on the Paralympics! We have tickets for athletics and I'm keeping the bunting out until that's finished. Hands - we find that the best thing for getting Finlay out of a tizzy is getting out of the house! It's painful but once we've made it out its soo worth it! Hope Dexter is better for you soon.

Hope everyone else is well. Lisette - I'm sending speedy, pain free thoughts your way. Bex - enjoy your last week. Snow - keep us posted. Lots of dust thoughts to you. CH| - hoping things ar more positive for you xx

Here's Finlay in his full outfit and chilling in the Olympic Park

 

[InHisHands]

Nic -- NOOO!!!! How cute is that?! He's so adorable that he makes me want to route for GB!!!! How precious!

As far as taking Dex out... we go out every day.. even if it is just a stroll. His main issue though is that he hates his carseat and is a light sleeper so he doesnt sleep in the car, wakes up at every transition from car to cart for example, and when out for a stroll every crack bump in the sidewalk keeps him from being able to go to sleep. He isnt an easy baby to put down in the first place but going out just makes him overtired. Im hoping now that he's closer to 2 mo.. that he'll start sleeping deeper. I'm tired of having to carry him in a sling or holding him on my leg while eating out because he refuses to fall asleep in his carseat.... meanwhile there are other parents with their babies in a carseat just eating peacefully... Bahhumbug!!! teehee

Bex - you are right. There are some who change their mind. I know if my mind wasnt already made up... that Dex's first 6 weeks would have done it for me! Things are getting easier now (colic peaks at 6 to 8 weeks and i think we peaked early at 6 weeks and are on the mend)... but i sure wouldnt want to do the first 6 weeks over. I loved being pregnant and giving birth... it was such a wonderful experience, but im not going to ever redo the first 6 weeks of life. EEEKKK!!! I hope your little one doesnt have colic and its an easy ride for you.

Nic, Lisette, Bea, Snow, Ch - how many kiddos do you guys hope to have?

 

[MrsBea23]

Grerr my big fat fingers keep hitting previous thread instead of post sigh.

Nic - I am sooooo missing the Olympics if I was in the house it was on. I am very much looking forward to the para Olympics but I hope 4's coverage is as good as BBCs was.

Hands - I have always planned to have 2 but now I am thinking 3. If I didn't want to go back to work to be sure I get mat pay next time I would be trying again for the next now lol.

Edit - that's what else I meant to say Nic fin is gorgeous live the outfit.

 

[snowflakes120]

Nic - OMG. He is tooo cute for words. I don't even know what to say. Man, the Mid-August ladies sure do make some beautiful babies!! I agree about the Ipod shuffle comment with closing ceremonies. Don't get me wrong I def enjoyed them and watched them all.

Hands - I am a light sleeper like Dex. I can totally relate with him! I hope this makes sense. I ideally really really want 2 children. However, we are going to do what it takes for baby #1 - i.e. IUI, IVF whatever. I don't plan to go to such great lengths for baby #2 - we'll just try naturally for it to happen. We figure if it happens, it happens and just hopefully it will but if not I will just have the 1. I want to start on baby #2 as soon as I am healed from baby #1 seeing as how long it is taking us currently. Now I just need to conceive baby #1 1st. Thanks for sharing your story!!

Bex- Hooray for last work week and social events coming up too!

Lisette - How ya hanging in there girl?

Bea - Do you have a good crumpet recipe to share with me? or any ladies have one to share? I would more than excited to make them! Y'all know I am slightly obsessed with wanting to be a Brit!! I am having raw local honey in my tea so I am making it ok to have. hehe.

AFM, bored at 6dpo. Not any symptoms. Not really feeling it's gonna be our cycle. But really what else is new...

 

[MrsBea23]

Snow - do you not get crumpets? You must do they just must be called something else. I have a crumpet with nutella everyday for breakfast mmmmmm.

Here is hoping for this cycle

 

[snowflakes120]

Mrs. Bea - So you buy them? I figured you make them like pancakes... Off to goggle our equivalent here. I do love me some nutella. I have dying to try this new biscoff spread stuff. I love the biscoff cookies so I figure the spread must be delish.

Here are my personal thoughts on the great Crumpet via google research: It seems Crumpets most likely resemble an English Muffin that we can get here. I figure they have to be somewhat similar bc they both have lots of holes in them. But your Crumpets look more fluffy and our English Muffin's are more flat. Because I have never tasted a Crumpet I don't know if they taste the same. heehe.

Basically low down is that I can't have English Muffins as they have both Milk & Whey (Milk Protein) in them. Bummer. I guess I'll just stick with the Organic Oatmeal and Organic Cage Free Eggs for breaky.

 

[MrsBea23]

Oh no snow ours don't have any dairy at all, maybe I could post you some lol.

 

[Srbjbex]

I would never think to make my own crumpets, but I did see an episode of the Hairy Bikers where they made them and it looked dead easy....I will see if I can find it!

 

[Srbjbex]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t639VluKVAA

This is what I was thinking of...they use milk though in this recipe, I wonder though if you could use water instead.

 

[NewbieLisette]

Hey u guys :wave:

Did ya think I'd fallen off the face of the earth for sure this time? Lol - lots to catch up on but I'm still here 38weeks today! Eeekkkk feeling really close now! So I've been off for 2 weeks & a bit & thank the good Lord cuz its been a rough go! Between siatic nerve pain, a trip to the birthing center thinking I was having early back labor, and last week during an internal routine exam being told there was suddenly a cist/wart in the way that would need to burned off or else a planned C-section!!! Uugggg girls all I can say is what a God sent that my mom happenned to come home early to be with me! I had the procedure friday & am still using a squirt bottle or sitzer bath instead of any toilet paper! Quite annoying & painful esspecially when pee'ing every hour Also as of yesterday H's cold so I'm a total hot mess! Lol trying to remember I'm building resistance for when this baby does arrive & rock my world for real

Nic ur lil man is just scrumptious

Hands really happy to read ur feeling a little better these days & Dex is less colicy ect...I can't even imagine how tough thos first weeks were Do u have a good support of friends nearby? How's H been with the long distance? I'd like to have 2 LO's close in age since I'm already 33 but like you all have said we'll see how I feel after one

Snow how u doing sweetie? Try & stay positive even though totally understand easier said than done esspecially with people pg all around u

Bex are ya officially off now? How have u been feeling besides swollen? Back pains? Sleep?

Bea :wave: would love some new pics!

CH thinking of u & ur H

 

[InHisHands]

Lisette - Let me know if you still want another one close in age when she comes. I'll be interested to know how the lil one makes you feel and etc.

I do have some support here. About 3 times a week i get relieved so i can work out since he won't sit in his carseat for me. I have such a loose saggy belly and it makes me feel BLAH.. and the wrinkles and stretchmarks to go with it doesnt help. Hubby is doing okay but wishes he was here. We wish he was here too.