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

[flyingduster]

hahaha, thanks guys. I'd only just groomed her in those pics, so she was looking spiffy... she's a bit gross again now cos I skipped her usual weekly bath last week! lol! She's usually looking fairly good though as she's at work with me every day so is basically a walking business card for me! lol!!!

LOOOOK! I made a bootie! lmao
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_1538.jpg

it's not perfect, I had to figure out several techniques I've never done before, but the next one will be better! hehehe.

Now to make it a pair...

 

[Huggles]

That bootie's gorgeous! Well done!

 

[babyhopes2323]

sheryl, yes my account does have some spam on it. dont know how but i think changing the password should help. please ignore it , even getting me off your list may not help. try blocking me or something.

sarah, yay for BD, and smiley face.. hoping you catch that eggy.. FX'D and praying !!

hes ok about the NT scan now, i made him promise he wouldnt force me to do it. thats a whole different issue from the oz move, but i get what your saying. actually theres another job he could do in sydney which i feel more comfortable with going and ive asked him to send his cv etc and lets see what happens with that, not saying no, but looks like we will be moving.xxx

flying, your poodle is just simply gorgeous and youre doing an excellent job with the grooming and not to mention the booties, they are so cute.. when i go over to oz, you can post me some hand knitted booties and stuff and id probably make it a business for you !!

no seriously its good.. xxx

 

[sarahincanada]

flying - beautiful dog! do you do dog grooming as your job then?
and cute bootie too!

baby: Im glad that hubby is ok about the scan. when I was saying about the move I sometimes find with men they forget how accomodating WE are for them, so its good to gently remind them sometimes!! and omg I loved sydney, I plan to go there again sometime in the future so maybe one day we will have a drink by the harbour bridge with our babies!!

so we managed 2 deposits yesterday! last night the smiley face was no more so I probably ovulated late last night or perhaps it will be today.
so I wont be really enthusiastic for this cycle but at least I did something. Im really ok with it taking a couple of months anyway as Im trying to lose some weight and finally feel dedicated to actually losing it this time.

so Im in the 2ww, its going to be a boring one! all you pregnant ladies have to keep me entertained!!! NDH you just got your period so you are now in the other 2ww.

 

[Huggles]

Yay for 2 deposits!

Fx'd for you

 

[nypage1981]

Morning ladies. Well it is here at least.

Glad to see everyone is doing well!

Sarah- good work, can't say you didn't try! Even when you really weren't in it much, you still pulled through. What a trouper

Baby- You sure are strong for leaving your family behind with a new baby coming, but you must do what is right for yourself. Hope they can visit often and you find a good group of friends and support system where you live because you definately will need it being a new mom. Hope the move goes smoothly and easily. Flying in 2nd tri is the best time to do it.

Flying- I love that dog! I saw a really neat Great Dane yesterday that looke3d like a cow. Then to make it an even stranger event, another Great Dane happened to walk in the store so there were 2 of them! What a strange coincidence since they're not the most common pet. Im short, so figure those dogs much too big for me, they're almost as tall as me! Hahaha. I love your poodle. So adorable. I've got some rescue muts

Huggles, Sheryl, Mummy, NDH- HI!

AFM- I still spot every day. And friday I was bleeding more than I have yet, so of course figured that was it and then after work we used the doppler and after like 45 minutes of searching found a faint HB. We have found it since too (but super hard to find, maybe my tilted uterus...). I just can't imagine how we would find a HB on doppler if something were wrong, but bleeding just seems like it is something bad. Hmmm. I hate this limbo stuff. I have a scan in about a week so not going to run to the doctor again, just keeping hope that each day I hear the HB means its still in there so no harm yet. I tell ya, if this all works out, it may easily make up my mind that 2 children are good enough for me. Not sure I can handle this again!

 

[sarahincanada]

Morning ladies. Well it is here at least.

Glad to see everyone is doing well!

Sarah- good work, can't say you didn't try! Even when you really weren't in it much, you still pulled through. What a trouper

Baby- You sure are strong for leaving your family behind with a new baby coming, but you must do what is right for yourself. Hope they can visit often and you find a good group of friends and support system where you live because you definately will need it being a new mom. Hope the move goes smoothly and easily. Flying in 2nd tri is the best time to do it.

Flying- I love that dog! I saw a really neat Great Dane yesterday that looke3d like a cow. Then to make it an even stranger event, another Great Dane happened to walk in the store so there were 2 of them! What a strange coincidence since they're not the most common pet. Im short, so figure those dogs much too big for me, they're almost as tall as me! Hahaha. I love your poodle. So adorable. I've got some rescue muts

Huggles, Sheryl, Mummy, NDH- HI!

AFM- I still spot every day. And friday I was bleeding more than I have yet, so of course figured that was it and then after work we used the doppler and after like 45 minutes of searching found a faint HB. We have found it since too (but super hard to find, maybe my tilted uterus...). I just can't imagine how we would find a HB on doppler if something were wrong, but bleeding just seems like it is something bad. Hmmm. I hate this limbo stuff. I have a scan in about a week so not going to run to the doctor again, just keeping hope that each day I hear the HB means its still in there so no harm yet. I tell ya, if this all works out, it may easily make up my mind that 2 children are good enough for me. Not sure I can handle this again!

haha it was so funny, neither of us was into it much and I think hubby really felt like he was just a deposit machine lol I just couldnt wait 6 weeks till the next interesting thing so at least the 2ww will be half exciting.

i wish the bleeding would stop its still brown though right? you must be one of those people who will spot through the first tri. glad you have the doppler and yay for your scan next week. I just cannot wait for you all to get into the 2nd tri. its like Im wishing away the next few weeks/months so you are in 2nd tri and I hopefully get my bfp.

Im going to try and book a massage this week and a chiro treatment. im really trying to take some time for me and take care of my body as it makes me less inclined to eat badly. when Im super busy and stressed I dont really care what I eat and eat lots of fast food which is terrible. Im not supposed to exercise for 1-2 weeks after my op, so I think at the end of this week I will start back slowly. I have 30 pounds to lose and really want to lose it this time, Ive half-assed attempted for too long! I could try for 10 pounds per month, then every month I dont get a bfp thats ok as I can try and lose another 10. but 10 in a month is a lot so may be unrealistic. I really want to be a fit mum!

is everyone else in their ideal weight range? Im actually 50 pounds over what I was in my 20's, but 30 pounds that puts me in the overweight range. Im 5'10 and I carry it well, but I dont like the extra weight.

 

[Huggles]

is everyone else in their ideal weight range? Im actually 50 pounds over what I was in my 20's, but 30 pounds that puts me in the overweight range. Im 5'10 and I carry it well, but I dont like the extra weight.

No, i'm about 17kg overweight. Not sure what that is in pounds - 35lb maybe?

But i do weigh less now than i did at the beginning of last year so i reckon that's good. I'm kind of hoping this pg will do the same as the last one. With the last one I lost 6kg during the first tri. Hoping the same will happen again. I had only jsut gained back those 6kg by 24 weeks and then i gave birth. I immediately lost 4 of those kg. I now weight the same as I did immediately after giving birth last year.

I'm also around 5 foot 10 i think - i'm 1.72cm. Also carry the weight well. When i went to the gp last year for a general check-up for life insurance application he weighed me and said that my weight isn't too bad considering my height - even though i know i'm 17kg overweight.

 

[babyhopes2323]

sarah.. good going on 2 x times.. that should cover it up im sure..? get a massage and get relaxed.. wow your 5'10" thats impressive !! im sure your weight dosent look so bad considering your height !! im just 5'5" so any weight i put on certainly shows !!

if i end up in sydney and you do come over.. it would be amazing and i would be thrilled to meet you !! with our babies. xx

NY, we havent moved just yet and i dont think it will happen soon, maybe over the course of the next two - three months based on which job he takes..

thats a lovely pic of you three on the beach.. and sorry about the spotting/ bleed.. wish it would just go away for you so you can relax for a while.. i couldnt stay still if it was me, even if i had an appointment in a weeks time, paranoid ol me would be up to the docs in an instant !! good on you for holding up and waiting.. xx let us know about the scan. mines in about 8 days as well. so 6th of april , cant wait..

afm, just sick sometimes and lightheaded nothing more..

love to all. xxxx

 

[sherylb]

My HCG level came back 5393 which they said was in the 4 week range but I was only 5+2 so I am satisfied with that. My prog was only 12.4 and should be 20 so I am on an additional pill until I am 12-13 weeks.

 

[nypage1981]

Wow this seems to be a thread taking progesterone!

Baby I do not get scans frequent because I don't believe it is 100% safe to do often. It's just my preference to wait since I've got one next week. Plus it was a weekend and in the US the only care you get on a weekend is emergency T the hospital and I'm not interested in that at all. Glad to have my doppler and hear bubs!

Sarah I hope as you begin to work out you get bfp! That does help our reproductive. Yes, im about 15 lbs over what I want to be when I got my bfp. Not excited about weight gain. I argued about the doctors scale last week. Lol.

 

[Huggles]

Wow sheryl - that's an amazing HCG number! My number at 5+1 was 1802 (and last year same time was 1363). I bet you're having a girl! (i've heard they often get much higher numbers)

 

[babyhopes2323]

nypage, yeah here they dont work on fridays and saturdays and will scan you on emergency.. so its pretty much the same.


question to all.. do any of you , especially the ones further on like flying.. or nyp, feel a bump coming along..
? im so confused between the bump and bloat thing, i know bump is supposed to be harder than bloat, and i check myself everyday for some change, but obviously dont see much as im still early on and feel live got a bad bloat more than bump!! when can we actually start believing were having bumps? at week 15?

i took about two pics, and noticed slight difference one at 5 weeks and one at 8 ++

but dont know>?

 

[sherylb]

Huggles I don't know why but I thought you said 136,000 so I thought my level was much lower. I hope it's a girl.

 

[nypage1981]

Baby- ive been soooooo bloated. I didn't show until like 20+ weeks with my first but I was super skinny. Now, im chunkier and have major bloat happening. I feel 5 months. Its super hard to tell the diff between bloat and bump until the actual bump is there and you're like, "oh, I see that was all bloating!".

 

[flyingduster]

baby, the bump can start showing on 2nd/3rd+ time mums as early as 9-ish weeks, but for us first timers they say it doesn't really start showing until 14+ weeks, and it isn't until 20+ that we have a real baby bump to show off....

Skinny people will show it faster than overweight people. And I'm hugely overweight (always have been, though I'm fit and healthy, I just can't budge the weight! ) so I don't expect there to be a bump there for aaaaaagggees for me! I have plenty of fat though and combine that with the bloat I can stick my stomach out and look 30+ weeks already. lmao!

The bloat DOES make you look like you have a bit of a belly, but the thing about the bloat is that it varies across the day. For me it was ok in the morning, but by evening I was soooo bloated and gross... lol.

Apparently my uterus at this stage is around the size of a grapefruit, BUT it's still sitting down in my pelvis so doesn't show up yet (and with first timer muscles that haven't been stretched from the inside yet, they hold it in more too) so I will have to wait a while for a belly!


haha baby, I should make everyone on this thread a pair of booties and send them out! It'll be the BnB bootie club! HAHAHA!


ny; good luck hun! I hope the bleeding is nothing to worry about and bub is fine! The fact you're able to find the heartbeat is great!!!


Sarah; YAY for two deposits! lol, it's funny how he wasn't into it too, so it really was just 'deposits'! But yay for giving it a go anyway, and FX it might actually be allllll you need too!
And yup, I'm a dog groomer! I won the last NZ Groomer Of The Year competition with Paris so I like to think I'm pretty good... haha!





AFM, time is going by, one day at a time. I'm about to start the next bootie this morning. Only 9 days till my scan! I sooooooo can't wait!! I'm feeling ok, only had to get up twice last night to pee so that's good! Wish I could eat more, as I get starving at times but can then only eat a handful of food... Mind you it's nice to get hungry and not feel totally crap too!



Who here is going to find out the gender of their baby!? We're NOT. We're determined to wait until birth to properly meet our lil one. We have names already (months and months ago) so I don't care what gender it is! It's one of the worlds best surprises to wait and see, so I'm not keen to spoil it early! Well, that and I hear of far too many people who have "found out" the gender in a scan, bought heaps of themed stuff, and then have the baby only to find it's the other gender! So I'm not even gonna go there.

 

[sherylb]

We are going to find out. If it's a boy I am really going to have to prod DH to choose a reasonable name. Hoping it's a girl and it won't be an issue.

 

[sarahincanada]

huggles- yes thats 37 pounds so the same as me. If I lose 30 pounds I will be in the normal range, so I am going to try for that rather than trying to drop 50-60 lbs which is what I weighed all through my 20's (Im 203 now, used to be 140-150, and if I get to 174 my BMI will be normal not overweight). Annoying I did loose about 20 a while ago and then it all just crept back on. My doctor also doesnt say anything. My husband is 6ft and usually 220 and recently dropped to 210 and that panics me that I might weigh the same as him soon!!! so thats probably why Im more motivated.

I know when you are overweight that you dont have to gain as much in pregnancy, but you actually lost weight at the beginning, is that from being sick? I have heard of the weight re-distributing like from your arms to your bump so Id be happy with that!

sheryl- I dont know much about levels but that sounds good and Im so happy everything is going ok for you!

ny- awww love the new photo! I do remember you saying that you worked out hard the cycle you got your bfp. Im planning on starting at the end of this week. we have a new elipitcal and weight machine set at home. Im going to try working out morning and night to keep my metabolism going as I sit for long hours during the day. Im not very good at dieting so Im hoping to work it off more, and just cut down the calories. Anytime I restrict myself I end up giving up and binging. 15lbs is nothing Im sure its all bloat!

babyhopes I cant wait to see your lovely bloat/bump!

flying: thats so cool you are a dog groomer and wow NZ groomer of the year!!! you have many talents! and omg you do NOT look hugely overweight you cant be hugely surely. I know how hard it is to lose, Ive really struggled and in my 20's it was much easier.

As for gender scan I also feel like you and think this is the one big surprise you will have in your life and dont want to find out. but as nice as it sounds to have that wonderful surprise then I imagine myself being pregnant and wanting to know, as it might drive me crazy not to know. I also think if I knew the gender I wonder if I would bond more as I could picture the baby and talk to it imagining it as a boy or girl rather than just a baby. so I will let you know! the whole buying things thing I dont care about, I plan on decorating with browns and natural colours anyway. Where we live we have deer in the back behind us and so I want to have a bambi mural painted on the wall. you are creative so what are your ideas for the room??

omg I can wait for you all to post pics of your bumps and your babies rooms!! Im all excited now

 

[NDH]

Yay for hearing the hb Ny - even if it took a while that's got to be very reassuring.

Preethi, glad your hubby has relented on the NT testing. If you're against terminating then there's absolutely no need for it as then the only purpose it serves is to cause you to worry - and that will be bad for the baby. Plus I don't think it's all that accurate. I know so many women who didn't have great results but went on to have a perfectly normal, healthy baby. Also if you're now encouraging your hubby to apply for another job in Oz you've obviously come a long way! I'm only 4 1/2 hours from Sydney and it would be great to have someone else in the same time zone.

Sarah, yay that you're in the TWW with a chance! At least you won't feel like it's a wasted cycle, and you never know, this might just be the one.

Flying, well done on groomer of the year! No wonder your poodle looks so fab!

Sheryl, congrats on the excellent hCG numbers! What kinds of names does your hubby want for a boy that you'll have to talk him out of?

 

[sherylb]

The only name I have gotten out of him so far is Chuck Wagon.