The Junebugs: TTC June 2011! 18 BFP's :) + 4 angels :( - 14 Junebug babies born!

[swanxxsong]

Actually, because it makes me giggle: 8 weeks versus 29 weeks, from our "baby is the size of..." photo album. I didn't do 30 weeks yet, that's tomorrow! (we do them every weekend lol)

 

[Mrs Mel]

Wow lovely bump Swan, such a sweet idea with the fruits pics too!

 

[Poppiebug]

I totally thought I posted something before, but I must have just clicked on go advanced and not actually posted it! Silly baby brain!! LOL

Swan - your bump is gorgeous (as are you). I agree with Mrs Mel, such a cute idea doing the fruits etc.

Pink - I hope your scan went well.

This time next week we should hopefully know what we're having and hopefully know that everything is ok too. I can't wait. On the bump thing, I didn't think mine was too pronounced, more just looked like fat. I am a bigger girl though so I have a B-bump at the moment, but I can see my crease in my tummy slowing coming out so hopefully it'll look more baby bump soon. I also know that my bump is coming out because I can't see my lady parts now just by looking down! LOL!

I've got my tree and some other decorations up. Very exciting that it's almost Christmas time! I'll post a pic of my tree for you to see, although I think it looks better in real life!
https://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g321/Poppiebug/2011-12-03201946.jpg

 

[Meadows]

Morning all!

Love the bump Swan.....you look great!

Hope ur scan went well Pink, and good luck for yours on Monday Dinah......mine's on Wednesday.....arrggh!!!

Congrats on 2 years Kimberley

I'm ok, just starting to feel fat now!! Not got a bump or anything, just feel like ive thickened out around the waist and like ive eaten too many pies!!!!

Hope you all have a nice weekend! x

 

[beccad]

I've not really changed physically but I guess that could start to change in the next couple of weeks. My scan is a week on thursday (15th Dec). A couple of pairs of my jeans are irritating me a bit, not because I've got any bigger, but because they were a bit on the tight side to start with so they dig in when I sit down, which is a bit uncomfortable.

Pink, hope your scan went well?

Swan - love the 'baby is the size of XYZ fruit' photos

Poppie, love the tree! I always think they make a room look so cosy, but then it's mid-winter here so pretty dark outside, so having the lights on is lovely. We don't put our tree up until after my birthday, which is Dec 19th, so a few weeks to go yet.

Dinah, how funny you've got a little bump already! It's amazing how everyone is so different. I've had friends who've been showing at 8 weeks (even with their first) and others who don't have an obvious baby bump until they're getting towards the third trimester (up to that point just looking like they've eaten a big dinner - one of those 'is she pregnant or just have a bit of a belly?' bumps.)

I've got a horrible cold, and just feeling a bit rotten. Been taking paracetamol, which helps. I hope it doesn't linger too long. The next two weeks at work are really busy, so I can't really take any time off... DH had a friend over yesterday evening, and they got really drunk. I came down this morning to empty beer cans and a mostly empty bottle of port! So he's feeling a bit worse for wear this morning, but I've made him get out of bed because we have to drive an hour to have lunch with my family as it's my Granny's 90th birthday.

We had some sad news last night. A very close friend of DH's family passed away. She'd had cancer - diagnosed about five years ago with stage 4 breast cancer (stage 4 is terminal, they 'manage' it as they can't cure). It's amazing that she lived as long as she did to be honest. She had a lot of people praying for her. Everyone thought she wouldn't last the year after she was diagnosed, but she managed to see both her children get married, and her daughter is pregnant and had just had her 12 week scan. Bittersweet that her mum has died and will never meet her grandchild, but at least her mum knew she was pregnant and had seen a scan photo. She was only in her mid-fifties.

Life is so precious.

 

[swanxxsong]

Thank you ladies! It's been a fun project so far.

Becca, I'm sorry for your loss. Life is too short, and too precious. T&P for her friends and family at this time.

Poppie, your tree looks great! So pretty! I need to get mine up ASAP. But today I am going to my nephew's birthday party so... another day.

Meadow, I'm sure you look lovely!

 

[wanaBmummy]

" its beginning to look alot like Christmas...."



Sorry girls just very excited for Christmas!!

We went to a Christmas food and drink festival at our home town today and it was fab. Bought some new really nice decorations. Poped to town then and bought more Christmas presents. So i finished wrapping presents this afternoon and put up the rest of our decorations (our tree has been up since the 1st )

Anyway hope all is well and that your having a good weekend xxx

Oh an thought i'd add some Christmas piccy's too

 

[Poppiebug]

Morning everyone. Monday again - 19 weeks

beccad - sorry to hear about your friend. Sending thoughts and prayers.

wana - your Christmas tree and decorations look just gorgeous.

Meadows - I'm sure you'll have your bump in no time.

We have our work Christmas party this Friday, we come to work, "work" til 11am then we have morning tea and swap KK presents, then we get to go home for the afternoon. At about 5:30pm we head out to one of our bosses place for our party. We've hired a casino company to come and run it. We'll have roulette and blackjack and play with funny money it's going to be lots of fun. Another work colleague and I have organised it all and the decorations. Then Saturday morning 9am is my scan!

I hope everyone has a great week.

 

[swanxxsong]

Congrats on 19 weeks Poppie!!! Does this mean you have another scan soon?!?!?! ;D

Great pics Wana! My tree is half-done, and the rest of the house is still... not done. So I'm about 1/4 or so done decorating altogether. But it's late and I'm beat, so I'm crawling into bed. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some more accomplished after work.

 

[beccad]

We won't be putting up our decorations until just before Christmas. It's my birthday on Dec 19th so we usually wait until after that to try and keep things a bit separate. It's just a bit of a tradition that my parents did when I was a kid, and it's kind of stuck with me.

 

[Dinah93]

So sorry about your friend Beccad. Keeping her family in my prayers.

First scan in an hour and a half - and I'm really nervous - not about the scan itself, but about having a full bladder! I can't time it very well as I need to pee all the time! Trying not to drink as all at the moment, and then at about 10am I'll drink 2 pints of juice and hopefully that will mean I can last until the scan.

 

[pink23]

Goodluck for scan Dinah .
Girls I will update when I'm home about scan a d pics . Baby doing well. Just off to have some bloods done then I'm telling my manager at work . Hopefully shouldn't be too bad xx

 

[Nanner]

I ended up working for the Army Reserves last weekend. There is a couple that work with me and they have been open with about their problems over the last few years of not being able to conceive. They've tried both fertility and adoption. Most recently, a woman had chosen them to adopt her baby but has been going back and forth on the official decision a lot over the last few months. I don't know what the final verdict ended up being, but the baby was born over the weekend. Sadly he/ she didn't survive. I don't know what happened or if they even knew that there were health problems to start with. It's so sad.
These two people would make the best parents and it's very sad watching them go through everything they've gone through; failed fertility treatments, several mothers backing out before the birth, and thousands and thousands of dollars to the adoption agency along with travel costs and birth mothers' hospital bills. It makes me very grateful that I was able to conceive so easily yet makes me angry that there are so many unfit parents when people like my friends can't have a baby at all.

Other than this unhappy news, everything here is great! It's my last week of classes so I'll be able to get back to normal soon! I've got family coming over during the holidays and all my Christmas shopping is done! We've been doing a weekly poker night and I started spin classes (since I can't run much any more).

I see most of our June Bugs are getting their scans soon. It's been the best part of pregnancy so far!

Hubby and I are still disagreeable on a girl's name. We've decided to leave it at this: We have four names picked out and we'll decide when she's born which one fits the best. The names we like are Krista, Natalie, Abbey, and Audrey. We've decided that Elaine will be the middle name, so we'll have to take that into account too! Anyone else having trouble deciding on a name?

 

[beccad]

So sorry about your friend Beccad. Keeping her family in my prayers.

First scan in an hour and a half - and I'm really nervous - not about the scan itself, but about having a full bladder! I can't time it very well as I need to pee all the time! Trying not to drink as all at the moment, and then at about 10am I'll drink 2 pints of juice and hopefully that will mean I can last until the scan.

The full bladder thing seems to vary between health authorities - all my paperwork says that a full bladder isn't necessary for scans! Good luck!

Nanner - that's so sad about that couple and the baby dying

 

[pink23]

hi girls finally put the computer on xx

 

[swanxxsong]

Aww great pics Pink!

 

[beccad]

Ahh pink those are great scan pictures

 

[pink23]

HI swan cant remeber if i gave you my due date but if not its 10th june 2012 for the first page and team yellow xx

 

[Poppiebug]

Hi everyone!

Nanner - sorry to hear about your friend. Very sad. I like all your names, so hard to choose.

Pink - great scan pics!!

dinah - I hope your scan went well too.

Talking about the full bladder thing, I have never been told to have a full bladder at any scans. I've only had to empty it if it was an internal.

Slowing getting through the week.... looking forward to Friday for our Christmas party and then Saturday!

 

[Dinah93]

Morning ladies, yesterday's scan went well. Was great to see the little one, I couldn't believe how active he was, doing loads of flips and kicking every time the sonographer moved the probe thing. The next scan is on my birthday, so I've clearly told the hospital I want only good news.

https://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad265/Dinah93/DSC_0158-1.jpg

My brother saw the photo and said 'oh you can clearly see it's a boy!' erm, no dear, that's it's leg!