Mid-August Testers

[InHisHands]

Snow - you can never truly know the timing of your body. Hubby's swimmers could have gotten the job done... or after a postive opk eggs usually release 12-36 hours later and then last 24 hours... so there's still hope. I know on the month hubby and i concieved i thought i was out... because i had ALWAYS ovulated 12-15 CD's and when CD 17 hit and still no positive OPK, i concluded i must have been so stressed out that i didnt ovulate that month. Two days later i was at work and started getting some ovulation symptoms... i got home and took a test and it was positive.. but i still had to wait a few hours for hubby to get home. Who knows when i had really ovulated?! but it all worked out anyways. It doesnt take swimmers very long to get up there... and with an IUI im sure its even faster.... there's hope sweetie. I really want this to be it for you and with Nic i got "good good good... good vibrations"....

 

[NotNic]

Hands I can understand completly about your keeness to wean. Formula is expensive and it feels like a lot of liquid in their tummies when you see the bottles. I am down to one bf a day and Finlay has at least 4 7oz bottles a day and a small one around 4oz. He was sleeping through but last week he hasn't done. We've dropped his snacky bf and replaced with the smaller bottle, and some nights we are dream feeding him too. I think he will be much happier on solids. We have noticed much more dirty nappies with the increase in formula though.

 

[NotNic]

Sorry pressed post too quickly!

Snow - do you go back for a pregnancy test, or do you test yourself? It's exciting to think what could be happening now. I'm expecting good news for you now. I know so many ladies expecting 2013 babies including my sister, my SIL, my cousin and today I found out about my cousin's wife is due in Feb. I just know you are about to join my list.

CH - hope you are checking in from time to time. We miss you. Do you start a new job this semester?

Lisette - eek! Any news?

Bea - We don't call him Fin just yet. We always planned to, but somehow Finlay suits him now. Hubby sometimes calls him Finmeister or Finners but I call him Mr Finlay Chops and so do my sisters now! Does Ariana like tummy time? F has started to get the hang of it. He plants his hands down like he's doing the plank and grins. Occasionally he shuffles and brings his legs in, but today he dug his toes in, lifted his bottom up like he was attempting the downward dog and shoved his face into the mat! I was pretty shocked that he was that strong. Hoping it was a fluke and not something he'll be practicing!

 

[Srbjbex]

Morning all!

Had a lovely weekend, my friends threw me a surprise baby shower which I had no idea about, I was very surprised, it was lovely. My mum and sisters had travelled down from York for the day especially and my friends had put on a lovely party with afternoon tea and cakes. Got me very emotional!

Listed - I can't wait for you to log in and update us....

Snow - I have to agree with nic and snow, I have good feelings and I am thinking so much about you and keeping every single thing crossed that this is a real turning point for you. Hubby has good strong swimmers and I am staying positive. Been seeing lots of Charlotte on the TV with the Obama convention, and that makes me thing of you too

Hands - Sounds like dexter is growing big and strong! I know you miss OH but this year is going very very quickly and he will be back before you know it!

Nic - so the Olympic and Paralympic excitement is all now over! I got very into the Paralympics over the last couple of weeks, some great performances! Now what can we watch!!

Bea - Glad to hear that water babies is going well, swimming is something I really want to get into with this little one! And a big trip to Aus planned too...how long are you staying there for?

I feel like now I am on 'twinge watch'! I've not had any braxton hicks at all this pregnancy so feel very unprepared in that sense. Over the last couple of days, ive had some period style cramps so maybe this is the very beginning of the end! I think I'm going to be thinking this for the next 3 weeks.... I'm going to be updating you girls with any twinge!

 

[InHisHands]

Bex, please do!!! I want to hear all about your twinges!!! I know it was killing me to wait the last 3 weeks. I had the PUPP which didnt help... but it was just long days waiting for something to happen.

At nights i enjoyed my last few nights being just baby and me and feeling him move inside me. I miss that and its what i really missed the first few weeks he was home. Being able to go to bed with him and feel him move in there and it be just him and me... and no crying! Just a soothing time.

 

[NotNic]

How exciting Bex! I remember going to bed every night and wondering if this was the one when it was going to happen. How lovely about your shower!

I'm going to miss the olympics and paras. London has felt different this past month. We posed with an Olympic torch on Sunday and hubby has just sent me a pic of him wearing his friend's Bronze medal! She was part of the ladies hockey team.

AFU Finlay has been given the green light to start weaning at 4mths. His weight is now on the 75th percentile, he drinks more then the recommended amount, is strong and active, plus the hv thinks he has been having his growth spurts a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. Such a relief to have them agree w/ my gut feeling.

Anyone else have any updates? Xx

 

[snowflakes120]

Bex - Almost time! How exciting. You have some nice friends to throw you a shower!

Lisette - Update! She has to be here by now! I want photos!

Hands - How sweet that you miss him moving inside you! I can't wait to be able to experience that feeling! Hope Dex feels a bit better soon!

Nic - Hooray that you and HV are on the same page with Finlay!

Bea - Waterbabies sounds like fun and awesome that you have a great vaca coming up soon.

Well today is 6dpo. Not much going on here. I had a lot of CM yesterday but other than that can't really say that I have any SX's what so ever. From the beginning, I haven't thought that this is our month anyways. I'm trying to stay positive though. I went for Acupuncture last night which was nice. I also figured out that I may or may not be out of town when I will need next cycles IUI. It will be cutting it close. This cycle I OV'd on CD14. We fly out CD14 at night so I hopefully I can get the IUI done that AM if things follow suit. I am making back up plans with an RE in NY in case my body decides to be stupid... I am such an obsessive planner.

Side note: I have an addiction to nail polish. A store here had Butter London nail polish on sale yesterday BOGO so of course I had to pick up a few. Totally thought of my UK Mid-August girls!

 

[NewbieLisette]

Hey girls, please forgive my not posting, Sorry for going MIA on u guys!!! So I was scheduled to go in tuesday night for the start of an induction process (gel called cervadil inserted for 12hours to open up the cervix first) well that was the first delay - no beds tuesday night so the y had us go in at 6am wend! Things got started & real contractions started strong & hard around 5pm...got checked out & my cervix was still only open at 1.5cm & 50% effaced So they took me off the gel for the night & had me go natural (no epi) to see what would happen...well it was a rough night & I needed morphine & gravol to get through...by morning I was praying for progress but still nothing! They then started me on pitocin as well as the baloon to really force me to open while inducing the contractions!!! 3hrs of hell on earth there & I finally opened to 5cm & took the epidural! Phew! Next part of the wait was pretty pain free but progress wasn't happenning & after 36hrs of strong contractions we made the decision to do a c-section after all!

Miss Melina was born Firday Sept 7th at 4:29am, weighing 8lbs12oz & 21inches long She is just precious & I'm in a haze of awe & love like no words could describe :cloud: I hope to post pics soon as I need to be on my PC & just only got home yesterday so its slow & steady recovery & sleep between feedings right now

Thank u for all the love & prayers! xoxo

 

[Srbjbex]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! Well done Lisette and hello Melina!! Great news to wake up to.

Sounds like it was a long hard process but you got there in the end, nice that you are home now, hope you manage to get some rest, looking forward to seeing some pics.

Congratulations sweetie

 

[MrsBea23]

Lisette - Yay that is great Congratulations, I cant wait to see the pictures.
I also had to have the pesary to open the cervix and the drip as well and it was soooo painful I was vomiting all ove the place. I also got the epidural and from then on it was fab well apart from having to go into theatre and have forceps ha ha.
So pleased it all went well and you have her home.

Snow - I am so sorry you feel that you might have missed it this cycle but like the other girls said you still have a chance. The month I got pg we dtd on the Thursday and then I o'd on the Friday but DH had gone away to Brussels Friday morning so we couldn't do it again and we got lucky, I really hope you do as well hun. It is almost sods law that you will be pg this month from the DTD rather than the IUI since it is costing a fourtune lol.
I have everything crossed it will be this month.

Nic - I am a very bad mummy and have never really done tummy time with her. I don't really want her mobile before we leave for Australia on the 25th November but I am not sure if that is working lol. All the other babies in our group started to roll about the 1st week of 5 months and she was 5 months on Monday and she is arching her back and trying to get over grrr. She can sit for a few seconds unaided though and I think she might sit before she rolls she doesnt really like lying down she always wants to be propped up. Sitting but not rolling would be perfect for the 30hour flight lol.
I am glad the HV is happy for you to wean at 4 months, every baby is soooooo different and you know best so even if they didn't agree I wouldn't worry.
This might also help you know you are doing whatis right for you. In my group of 7 people have weaned from 4.5 to 6 months just depending on their baby.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/14/six-months-breastfeeding-babies-scientists
Its an old article but I have intruduced a bottle of formula just in case its true ha ha.

Hands - I hope Dex is ok and doesn't get Pneumonia the poor little tike. How is everything going now have you got lots of help? When DH gets home you won't know what to do with all your free time.

Bex - Ooooooh soooo exciting I bet you can't wait, I was out to lunch with a friend on Thursday and she was saying she felt a bit funny and was getting tightenings and things and she went into labout on Saturday and had a little girl.
So pleased you had a nice baby shower, I bet you got loadsof stuff.

Now I am on my laptop for the 1st time since having A today so I will try and post some pics also please excuse my spelling and grammer I am trying to be quick before she wakes up lol.

 

[MrsBea23]

Hmmmm nope it says they are too large to add. It says that from my phone as well strange.

 

[NotNic]

Yipee Lisette! Sorry to hear that the process wasn't straightforward. I think you were making things too cosy for Melina! Hope you're resting up and can't wait to see the pics. I bet your hubby is over the moon!

 

[snowflakes120]

Welcome to the world Melina! Congrats Lisette!

 

[InHisHands]

Yay a new Mid August Baby!!!!! Welcome Melina! I can't wait to see her. I'm sure both you and your hubby are proud parents. It's a little overwhelming being in a hospital and you have this little baby next to you and it's just you and them and it's like now what? LOL A sobering moment, but definately a precious one too. Congrats! I hope you are getting along okay. C-sections aren't fun... were you scared? or Were you just ready to get it over with by that point?

Bea - try to compress the pics when you have some time.. that is what i have to do with mine.

AFM - I'm trying to lose weight. I was getting a little heavier than what i wanted to be before i got pregnant (TTC depression can do that to ya), but i have lost all my pregnancy weight and then 2 more lbs. I'm hoping to lose another 8 to 13 lbs before my hubby gets back. My poor tummy looks like it has a wrinkly forehead from the saggy skin though LOL

Dexter was sleeping beautifully for a few weeks but this week he is degressing. I'm not sure what's going on.. but it needs to stop lol Two nights ago he woke up 45 minutes after i put him down and he cried hystically for the next 2 hours +... I tried feeding him, burping him, rocking him, singing to him, trying to have him lay on me(he just thrashed around tho), laying in the crib while patting him, i tried music... the whole works... and finally i started to feel the tension build and i just wanted to scream and shake his crib..

so i told him im sorry dearheart.. momma has tried everything she knows to do. I love you but im going to just have to leave you to cry for a bit ... and i turned out the light and left because i don't want to hurt him. He cried for another 45 minutes and i tried and tried to get myself calmed down so i wouldnt be as frustrated and angry so i could go back in there and comfort him.. but i just couldn't. I was just so tensed at that point and i felt horrible. It was like im hurting him if i go in there and im hurting him if i dont. I failed as a parent.

It's nights like that, that i really wish my hubby was home. There are times that i just can't deal and it tears me apart emotionally. I dont want my son to feel abandoned or neglected. I do get help some days so i can go work out.... but my help never is here during the nights when things potentially get real rough.

 

[NotNic]

It's definitely a plus having someone to help though I only get OH up at the wkends after it's gone on for a while. He moans otherwise and I end up helping out anyway. If it makes you feel any better it's common at Dexters age to start waking up aain in the night. Finlay has been unsettled for the last few weeks. It's growth spurt + extra hunger + fussiness from his mental developments that cause him to be upset. I leave Finlay to cry sometimes. It's their way of communicating and thru don't always know why they are upset which makes it hard to calm them. If you know they are safe, clean, fed, at the right temp, burped and you have tried soothing them, them sometimes letting then calm themselves down or figure out what they want is the only thing you can do. Don't feel bad. Every mum does their best and always feels like they should be doing more, but it's impossible. Dex knows that he is loved.

 

[InHisHands]

Thanks nic. Makes me feel better but i do know i shouldnt get as frustrated with him as i do. He had another rough night getting to sleep but once asleep he did sleep through the night.. yay. I didnt know they had a growth spurt right now? I know at 4 months there is suppose to be a sleep regression. He just had a growth spurt about a week and a half ago. He needs to stop growing lol.

Here in another week or two he's gonna be too heavy for his bassinett which means momma is gonna have to reach all the way down in the playpen to put him to bed for his daytime naps... ugh!

How is Finlay doing? Is he playing with toys yet? Is he rolling or scooting? How's bath time going?

Snow - How are you feeling hon?

Lisette - I know its hard to get on the computer to post with a NB. We would love to see pictures and have updates... but know that we understand if you can't get to it right away.

Bex - We need a Twinge update!!!

Bea - What all does water babies entail?

 

[Srbjbex]

Hands - sounds like you are having a hard time at the moment, I can't offer any words of advice i am afraid, but I am sure are doing brilliantly. Friends of mine have struggled like you describe, but thats when they have OH there as well so it must be doubly hard for you

No twinges today at all, feel perfectly 'normal'. Had midwife appointment this afternoon, and baby is still free, so not engaged at all. I know it doesn't mean anything at this stage and he still has plenty of time to engage, but I was hoping that he had made some progress. Going to try and be really active for the next week to help him get into position!

Really I want him to hold on until after my brothers wedding on the 22nd, so he is obviously just listening to my wishes and holding on till then, but can't help wishing he was here already!

 

[snowflakes120]

Well, I have some bad news. I called the RE office yesterday to find out if Hubby's Sperm Wash was going to be billed to mine or hubby's insurance. We have different insurance but I'm not going to get into that right now.
Come to find out I have a bunch of bills coming to me totalling $3,500. What for? They are the hospital's portion for the Ultrasounds, Blood Work and Office Visits since 7/23. There are 7 days of services - that's it. I feel very deceived as I talked to the financial counselor after my 1st appt on 7/23 - there was NO mention of hospital fees. They gave me a print out of expected costs - but they were only for the Physician fees. I guess you are expected to know that there will be hospital fee or I am the only one that doesn't know about it. I am extremely pissed off right now. So I had one cancelled cycle and 1 IUI for over $4,000. I am so upset. I don't know what to do. I feel like our TTC journey has already come to a close. I've been dupped.

P.S. - $960 (hospital fee) + $125 (physician fee) = $1,085 for 1 ultrasound. Highway robbery!!!

I did call the other RE in town here today and they are having a free seminar on 9/25 to talk to the RE's and financial advisers. So I signed us up for it.

 

[NewbieLisette]

Hey ladies, quick posting of pics for you and hope to be able to catch up on reading from my phone later, hope you are all well xxx

 

[NotNic]

She's a beauty Lisette! So grown up already. How are you finding being a mummy so far?

Hands - My Health Visitor (HV) said 4 mths for growth spurts but my books have said 12 weeks. I guess they have two! Finlay started to roll yesterday. He can very proudly hold his head up and look around and sort of bob his body. It seems to have come out of nowhere. We desperately need to finish the house before he's active enough to destroy it!