ok so who wants to get pregnant in 2011? (closed group)

[Huggles]

glad the scan went well flying! You have a lot of self control to remain team yellow!

 

[flyingduster]

lol, wasn't hard, I told her right at the start we didn't want to know so we never got tempted by being asked! lol.

Good luck for your stitch Huggles!!!

 

[flyingduster]

Ok, so haven't got the dvd sorted yet, but here are some pics...

a foot:
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/foot.jpg

an arm and hand:
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/Clipboard04-3.jpg

head on the right, spine along the back and ribs
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/Clipboard03-3.jpg

Now the face pics were at a really bad angle, it's head is turned away a bit.

Here is a normal one, top of the head to the right, it's face is pointing down to the bottom, and turned to the back a bit. You can see the hollows of the eyes, a slight outline of a nose near the bottom, and the line that is the mouth...
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/Clipboard02-5.jpg

This one is a 3D pic, and it's turned so it's up the right way, but bub has turned even further away! It's facing towards the right (sorta)
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/Clipboard05-2.jpg


And cute lil 3D legs & crossed feet. lol
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/Clipboard06-1.jpg

 

[MummyCat]

Ahhhh....happy scan day flying!!! Lovely pics of little one, congrats on feeling the movement and fabulous bump pics!!

Huggles good luck for today!!!

Sarah..HOPE you catch that egg this cycle! I hope Dew is back soon!

Nikki... we did antenatal course with Lottie... it was fabulous, was 8 sessions (2 hours each) and covered everything baby related... only one session did we touch on breathing techniques. we covered birth, c-section and natural (and what things like forceps and ventouse) breastfeeding, bottle feeding, parenting styles... trying to open up discussion between the couple about what they feel about certain things... co-sleeping, leaving baby to cry etc.. basically stuff we'd never thought about, but good to see how each of us felt about it BEFORE the baby arrived. Then there was washing baby and changing nappies (what to expect in the nappies... ie, change of poo colour and consistency as baby meconium is out the system etc) how to hold baby, tips and techniques for keeping baby's environment as comfortable as possible.. ie.. how to swaddle/white noise etc etc... so yeah... pretty much covered EVERYTHING

We wont be going on the the course again. We still remember pretty much all of it!

to everyone and hope you're all well! We had a great weekend and only plans today are to go shopping for art supplies for Lottie!

 

[babyhopes2323]

yay flying, nice pics and so glad everything went well. so was this your anatomy scan|? im guessing so.. should be nice to see bubs for 30 mins long !! and wow hats off to you for being patient and staying on team yellow. i cant wait for my scan in the next two weeks to try and find out the gender !


huggles, hope the CCl goes well and let us know how you get on when you are finished!

mummy, its nice that they covered all those topics, im hoping they do the same for me., i know that you start those classes a little after 24 weeks here..

sarah, hope you catch that eggy and that everything is fine at your end. where is dew\? thought you said she was due back from her vacation.

AFM, just got bad back aches and some abdominal pain that seems to wear me out quite easily. i tend to get so tired and feel heavy in my abdomen as though im about to come on with AF.

time is passing so slowly, can wait for 20 weeks and a proper seriously big bump.

to everyone

 

[Huggles]

Been to the gynae this morning. All still looks good - he even reconfirmed that it is definitely a boy. Could see it even on his u/s machine which is nowhere near as good as the one used at the NT scan.

He told me that he has moved my surgery slightly later this afternoon as he's doing a c-section first. That's not too bad, just means i have to be hungry/thirsty for longer

Then we did all the pre-admission stuff and came back home. Going back in about an hour to book in. Didn't feel like lying there with nothing to do but worry so chose to come home instead so i would at least have bnb to keep me occupied

My poor tummy is grumbling already and i still have to wait about another 6 hours or so before i can eat

 

[babyhopes2323]

oh poor you. i hate surgeries for this one sole reason. surely because youre pregnant, they shouldnt make you starve on an empty stomach, its after all a cervical surgery so why should you go empty stomach?

congrats again on the boy confirmation,. i would love a blue bump !!

 

[babyhopes2323]

yay 18 weeks for me today !! but still a very long time to go,. im so impatient and time seems to be going so slow !!

 

[sarahincanada]

oh no huggles, I was just going to post that Im thinking about you and hopefully its all over then read you had to wait, thats annoying. When I had my polyp removal I had to wait till 3pm for my surgery and I was starving!

I meant to ask you about the surgery....if you are not eating or drinking that sounds like general anesthesia but I didnt know they could do that when pregnant so interested to know about it. Will wait to hear from you tomorrow

flying love the pics! love the feet and the one where he/she is looking to the side. I would also like to stay on team yellow but I wonder if it would drive me crazy not to know!

preethi happy 18 weeks! wow thats amazing! I hope your pregnancy is an easy one of the rest of the time, you have had quite a lot of things going on

I havent got a smiley face yet but my temps are practically the same as last month so assuming it will be wednesday, CD16. We've been Bding every night, I looked back on my sheets and realized that I often BD the day before smiley face but not 2 days before. My window of LH surge to ovulation seems small (ovulate the same day as smiley) so I thought perhaps Im not getting enough sperm up there days before.
So this month decided to do every day...hubby has great sperm so why not. He was exhausted yesterday after working in the garden all day and said he felt he didnt ejaculate that much, but I could feel it so its all good, it only takes one! if it doesnt work then next month Im doing every other day (although I always panic around ovulation and want to do more, but if it doesnt work this month I will try something different)

 

[babyhopes2323]

you go for it sarah !!! wow dont know how you have the energy for everyday.. that is just blowing my mind off. i couldnt handle everyday, i would end up too sore and too bored !! but hey if you guys are enjoying it.. then why not !!

but ive read some contradictory articles about bding everyday and how sperm quantity is reduced if you bd everyday, dont know how true it is, thats why they say every other day to replenish the sperm, but hey, what the heck, if it work it works huh !

FX'D for those super sperm xxxxx

 

[nypage1981]

Sarah get some mornings in there! Morning sperm is best and healthiest. Try that. Hoping for your turn finally!

Mummy And huggles-yes our parenting classes were all that stuff too. I guess I just thought a lot was common knowledge for me so was kinda bored and wasted money. They do also teach you a lot about baby care in the hospital though and that stuff is more helpful because baby is already there and can be applied! Wonder if my oh will need a class since it's his first baby. I could just teach him I'm sure.

Huggles good luck at your surgery. It's going to be a great help to your baby!

I have 20 week scan on June 1! So nervous.

 

[sherylb]

Update from Huggles journal that she FBed someone:

just out of surgery. So far so good. Op went well. Got mild cramping, but not too bad - just feels like my bladder is super full but it's not. Got a bit of spotting too but the dr said those are both normal and to be expected. Now just waiting for supper in half an hour LoL.
Now to just hope for an uneventful night.

 

[flyingduster]

Yay, well I'm so glad huggles is doing ok!!!


Baby; yup it was the anomaly scan, and it did take a good half hour or so! She measured everything. Measured around the head and the waist and did heaps around the heart, checked the kidneys and pointed out that the bladder (which was full so at least one of the kidneys must be working! lol.) Measured the femurs (just over 3cm! heh) and checked hands and feet and the lenses in the eyes and all sorts. A lot of it was around the heart, as it was laying in a bad position for most of it and she kept trying to get a better view until it finally rolled over a bit! lol. She put it into 3D a few times too, and seeing the wee legs wriggle about in 3D was neat! And the face; a hand kept coming up in the way half the time! haha.


Congrats on 18 weeks!!! woooot!!


Sarah, I told the sonographer right at the start we don't want to know the gender, so there was never any temptation! I am so determined to not know that I think I'd have resisted if she'd asked, but I removed that temptation anyway! lol!!! And now it's done I don't need to worry about it and can be happy staying team yellow! haha.

Good luck for a great O and loads of super sperm ready and waiting for the egg!!!! FX!!


I hope everyone is doing well? Dew; we miss you! Come back!!! haha.


Ugh, I threw up again this morning, 5th time now. lol! It was on a TOTALLY empty stomach too, so there was nothing to come up but some bile. ew. It was because of my coughing that it happened though, gawd I'm sick of this ticklish throat!!!! It's keeping me up at night and made me throw up this morning, and it's driving me mad in general... Ugh. But ya know, despite feeling like crap; I have a growing baby inside me! omg!!!! lol

 

[sarahincanada]

preethi yes at lot of people say about the every other night thing been better, but Ive read that if your partner has a good sperm count then every day is fine too. theres obviously less volume when you are doing it every night but Im sure theres still millions of sperm in each one. if it doesnt work Im trying every other night, at least Im changing it up!!

NY I didnt know that about morning sperm! my hubby always wakes up wanting it so I will switch to a few mornings then, thanks! we rarely in the morning so perhaps thats the key! we are already doing some doggy style after your suggestion lol

flying I love how you are still amazed to be growing a baby, its so cute! I will be exactly the same and wont quite believe it till I give birth!!

 

[sarahincanada]

thanks for the update on huggles sheryl! hope she gets lots of rest

 

[mcreamy]

I-am 26 just started trying, this will be my first month trying...baby dust to all of us

 

[sarahincanada]

I just got my smiley face!! CD14, thats a new one. Im having some twinges in my ovaries so we will see if my temp rises tomorrow or the next day. Im glad that we BD'd a lot in the past few days, the rest is up to nature!

 

[sherylb]

Great news Sarah!

I made the chicken pot pie recipe I made about 2 weeks ago but split it into 3 loaf pans because it makes so much food for the 2 of us. Then I have dinner for 2 more days in the freezer. I hope they turn out as good as the original one.

 

[NDH]

Hooray for a smiley Sarah! First time for a smiley on CD 14 so maybe it will be the lucky cycle?!

Huggles, glad to hear through Sheryl that your surgery went well.

Welcome mcreamy!

 

[flyingduster]

woooot Sarah! Smiley is awesome, now to BD some more and keep tabs on those temps! GOOD LUCK!!!! Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo