BABY DUST 5 ~ Extra Sticky!

[Keeks]

Just thought I'd start the next thread since our last one is getting pretty bogged down by all our posts :)

[rachjas0623]

I am on CD 16 of a normally 32/33 day cycle.  Still waiting to O.  This month I am taking FertilAid, charting my BBT and using an OPK.

What about everyone else?

[princesska2]

thanks keeks!! this is much better now.

Mandy i live in Melbourne australia and we dont do the registry thing and i cant see us meeting when the babies are born unfortunately for me!! we have really all become friend on this and going through a pregnancy together has been great so i hope you guys do manage to meet up after all the births.

keeks i am not doing the clsses this time - they told me not to bother. i think i am pretty in the know of what to expect before and after but i did love the classes when preg with my 1st. your first pregnancy is so different to your others as much as you love them all. and keeks you said you cant imagine anyone not liking being pregnant well i am one of them. i cant wait for it to be over and it has dragged on already for me. its just because i am so sick all the time i just want to be able to eat and have energy again so it makes it go slower. but i can def understand why some people do hate being pregnant.

well today i had a bit of a shock. i took my daughter to the swimming pol and ended up passing out. they called an ambulance but i made them cancel it cause i only passed out. they thought i might be in labour or something but i have to go off to the docs in an hour to get all checked out. sugars and blood pressure and stuff. we will see how i go. i have been feeling like i could pass out fequently for the las week or so but then i actually did so hopefully all is ok. apart from that i am still throwing up a few times a day and the kids have both had ear infections so all fun and games here. my hubby has gone to spain for 3 weeks and i miss him terribly i just dont know how you do it keeks. will he be around when the baby is born?? you are so good to be able to deal with not seeing him  for a month - i am hopeless. he has called me every day and every day i have balled my eyes out. must be pregnancy hormones too lol.

[Keeks]

OH NO! I hope you are okay!.....Passing out is scary for sure!......I wonder if you got over-heated maybe or just didnt eat enough?.....I know I feel really faint alot when I get out of the shower ( temp change probably ) or if I do too much & dont eat right away......Hopefully they will be able to figure it out!.......Have you had your diabetes check yet?.....maybe its Anemia?......Thats so scary though!.....Im glad your okay!.......I can understand why you wouldnt like pregnancy dont worry!......I just find I know alot of women who complain about stupid stuff like "not being able to sleep on their stomachs"....or "not drinking"....like just really trival stuff , for me , I knew what I was getting into & giving up so im not about to complain!.....I think i'll be more uncomfortable after the birth lol , all gross & leaking , no reason to be fat anymore lol.....im NOT looking forward too it! haha!.........My Fiance comes home on Tuesday for good until March 09 , we are going to share the maternity leave so he can be home for a while.....I dont know how I do it honestly , especially being pregnant.....I miss him so much its horrible!......I havent cried too much this time , but I just wait all day for the minute we get to talk......We dont get to talk for long , maybe 20 minutes a day and thats interupted so its probably 5 minutes at a time , most of it online because he doesnt always have cell phone service......I know exactly how you feel so dont worry! It is really hard , and the hopeless feeling will go away as you regain your own routine but its hard......Its hard to function without that daily communication & closeness with your hubby!.........The one thing I hate right now is that we arent even allowed to have sex , we werent allowed before he left & still arent allowed , so we are also missing out one that normal intimacy we usually have as well lol........Why is your hubby in Spain for so long?.....Does he have a way home & such if you need him?.......My best advice to get through the 3 weeks is just to occupy yourself with as much as you can.....it will go by fast I promise!......Just take it easy & relax as much as possible , especially since you fainted you want to be careful you dont over-do it!........keep us updated on how your doing!!!!!!

[Jamie21]

oh this is why there is no other posts on the other baby dust 4 page lol.

[Keeks]

Where is everyone? lol I havent seen the boards this dead in a while & I dont think its a long weekend :P lol........

Rachjas ~ Sending you tons of sticky honey covered BABY DUST .....Keep us updated! :) *********************** BABY DUST**********************

Mandy ~ Thats funny you mentioned Aiden dancing to that lolli lolli song! Rylen boogies too , its hilarious , you can like see him bouncing around , it has to be really loud though for him to get going!.......I read that babies who like music are easily calmed by it once they are born , so thats kinda cool!......I know my mom said when my sister & I were little she used to put music on in the car & we were good to drive anywhere , we never cried or had tantrums in the car as long as there was music & most of the time it put us to sleep when we were babies , so hopefully Rylen is like that cause I LOVE to drive & listen to music :)

Princess ~ How ya holding up hun?.......find anything out from your doc on why you fainted?.......Been thinking about you lots!.........How are you dealing with being hubby-less?......Are you finding it a bit easier to function yet?.......Hope your doing well! :)

Jamie ~ haha , yeah the other post was taking forever to load & sometimes it wouldnt show me the most current posts so I figured it was time for a new one LOL......Hows your weather? are you having thunder storms too or is that just for Red Deer/Calgary area?

[Jamie21]

Yes I understand! it started to slow down for me too!!
Our weather up in Edmonton here is doing alright, we aren't getting too much of the thunderstorms and if we do its at supper time and then it passes, but I think its more red deer, airdrie, and calgary that is getting them!!
Mind you a tornoado touched down outside of airdrie the other day and crossed high way 2, I am so intrigued by those things and we just went down to waterton at the end of June and I was hoping to see a little one, but didn't!!
Anyways, so no more baby flutters for me its now actual kicking or something I feel, or when it seems to be moving around I feel it!! The little kicks or punches I feel are like little taps on the inside, kinda like how it felt wehn my boys had their hiccups when I was pregnant with them!! I mean they are not forceful kicks yet, but I know its coming, movements get stronger every week I tell yeah.

[Jamie21]

oh and about the heart beat high is a girl low is a boy, well I know a girl who is pregnant and is due in January and she has 2 girls, but they heard the heart beat and it was 170 and they said it sounds like a boy to them????....
So I am not exactly sure on the whole heart beat thing!
Before my boys were born the heart beats were 176 and that was the whole time until they were delivered that day.. So I don't know anymore! This babies is 136, mind you my boys were between 130-145 in the early stages!! Ah can't wait to confirm al lthis in august

[Keeks]

I dont know about the heartbeat thing either to be honest!......His was always 150-145 & I have 2 girlfriends who had girls and their's were always in the same range , yet apparently its a BOY! lol.......Who knows , thats why they have the gender assesement ultrasounds these days I guess lol :P.........I always kinda secretly wonder if they were wrong & im having a girl , but im pretty sure my monkey is a boy lol.............You chase Tornadoes?....Oh wow!......I remember being in Alberta a few summers ago ( we were in Vermillion) and they had the Vermillion Fair that weekend , and all of the sudden within seconds the thunder storm rolled in and they were trying to shut down all the rides cause of the lightening & OMG ive never heard or seen such a storm , I just remember running back to our trailer and it was insane!......I HATE Thunderstorms!........Awww thats so exciting to start feeling flutters & kicks!.........Im gonna miss that part when hes born :(.......I kinda dont want him out at times lol

Where is everyone?? This is crazy dead lol :P

[Jamie21]

I thought I would miss the feeling of that too once my boys were born, but to be honest I never really thought about it, nor did it ever occur to me after they were born.... Maybe its becuase I was too busy to really pay any attention, or I don't know lol
I don't really chase them, but I would love to see one and not one that is where I live, I never got to see black friday when it hit Edmonton, but I was only a few days old!! Plus I never want to see one that big either, just a little one taht can't do too much damage!! I know its crazy and insane, and I'M sure I would pee myself if I ever did see one.

[princesska2]

keeks - thanks for thinking of me i am doing ok. miss hubby like crazy and counting down till he gets back. and like you i hang out every day for the 10 min phone call i get from him but at least he will be back soon and i am never letting him go away again! lol he went to spain on a big wine tour as we own a vineyard it was half research and half pleasure. he has had an awesome time and i am glad for that.

my passing out has been put down to over heating and a middle ear infection OUCH! i am so miserable at the moment. i have a flu like cold and it has turned into ear infections and it is driving me crazy. i never realised how painful it was - i will now understand why my kids scream all night when they wake with one. poor things. i have been on ant biotics for 2 days now but it doesn't seem to be getting any better as is really annoying. it is like i have been swimming and have masses of water stuck in my ear. i can hear it bubbling around and i cant hear properly and it makes me dizzy. i am one unhappy camper at the moment so sorry for the whinge!

other thn that bubs is doing well. had a check up and everything is great. have another hospital visit in 2 weeks and they will set a date to induce me 2 weeks early. cant wait for that!!

hope all is well with you girls!!!!!!!!!

[Jamie21]

wow can't believe how dead this site is lately

[Keeks]

Its about to get even deader LOL Im gonna MIA for the next few days , Fiance is home & we have ALOT to do this week , plus were housesitting & stuff so I dont know how much i'll be able to get online! but I will try!!.....Hope everyone has a great week & I will hopefully have time to pop in and see whats going on sometime this weekend! :)

[katebud]

So yeah, I love not having AF.  Too bad when this pregnancy is over, there will be the nasty locia.  Anyone have success with minimizing the bleeding post-partum with breast feeding?  
and were you successful breastfeeding the first couple days after baby arrived?  

Tomorrow I will be 8 weeks, and my baby will be the whopping size of a raspberry at some point in the next week!  
My next appointment is the 28th.   I'm very excited for it, as it's my first regular appointment with the OBGYN.    

[Keeks]

Hey Hun! :)
Glad to hear everything is going well!!!.....haha yeah not having AF is quite lovely & my doctor did said breastfeeding helps keep the bleeding down & it doesnt last that long , about a week , which ive heard from alot of people , it wont even be a concern because you will have so much else going on , a little blood wont slow ya down LOL......Im more not looking forward to all the blood you loose right after delivery! ewww lol

8 weeks wow! Its going by so fast for you too now! YAY!.....hehe dont you love how in the  beginning they compare the babies size with food LOL

Glad to hear your doing well! Just make sure to keep in touch! Seems like everyone has disappeared for the summer LOL

Quick Update ~ Well I get another ultrasound sometime this week LOL....up to # 6 now haha!......Its another one for cervical length ....even though its still a 45 minute ultrasound cause they check everything just in case....and then I see my doctor again next Thursday & being referred back to the specalist.....Apparently my cervix is the shortest its been so we'll see what happens ......He really really wants out apparently ......But other than that , all is well :) Hope everyone is doing good! Hope to hear updates soon! :)

[Jamie21]

Yeah after my twins were born I did not like the bleeding, and it wasn't a little bit of blood either!!
They also ask you to watch out for clotting, which doesn't normally happen to much!!
But, I am not looking forward to the bleeding it lasted about 3 weeks for me, and mind you, technically your supposed to wait a while after baby is born to have sex again as well. Something about causing infection or ruining the healing process, or espeically since I heard your more fertile after baby is born.

[Cristina_in_NYC]

AF arrived today for me.  Here's hoping the second cycle is more successful.

[princesska2]

hey there
the bleeding for me wasnt too bad and i didnt breastfeed. it lasted about 2 weeks but the last weeks was hardly flowing at all so that was good. the first few days are the worst but then you are stuck in hospital and on a high from new bub so you dont notice it. i tried for 6 weeks to feed my first and only a week for my second. it is very very hard and not just something that happens like everyone thinks. it was harder for me as i have flat nipples so hard for bubs to latch on. with my second because she didnt latch on properly my milk failed to come in and i had to stop. i hope you girls have a lot more success than i do and support from nurses and so forth.
keeks i hope your cervix hangs in a bit longer for you! how cool having ultra sounds all the time. i wish i could lol.
katebud i hope things continue to go well for you. it does seem to be flying by hey! i hope you are not too sick and if you are it passes soon. are you going to find out the sex of your baby??
has anyone heard from krissyy or mandy lately???

[Jamie21]

Yeah I had no success at breastfeeding either, but the thought of breastfeeding twins is just insane . Plus the nurses to me really are disencouraging, because I feel they really push breastfeeding on you, and I remember with my boys they were my first babies, and when I first had to breastfeed them, they gave me both at the same time and were just really forceful with it etc, plus I'm personally not a big fan of breastfeeding I don't know why. Plus my babies wouldn't latch on, I don't have the right kind of nipples haha to breastfeed with, they actually had to give me a nipple shield so that it was easier for baby, but it didn't work plus I didn't produce enough milk.

[katebud]

Jamie and Princesska,
I am sorry to hear about the mean nurses!  I think I am for sure going to put it in my birthplan that I want someone who is actually sensitive. lol.  Maybe I'll have my mom help me, or my SIL   :P  haha.  She will be nursing her baby by that time still, I think.  :)  I hope my nipples are good.  My mother was able to nurse us 4 children, so hopefully that's an indication that I'll be able to do it too.  
I'm not actually that sick...haven't thrown up at all, but have indigestion and nausea with not eating or eating certain foods.  Like, I absolutely loved hamburger anything at first, and now I almost can't stand it, a mere week later.  It gives me heartburn now, and we even get the 93% lean stuff and cook the fat out of it!  Oh well.  :P

and yes,
Mandy, Krissyy, where are you ladies?  :)

[Jamie21]

yay almost 19weeks and posted my new belly photo lol

[krissyy]

here i am!!  sorry girls, i feel like i've been so busy!  nursery finished and i will post pictures soon!  

hey, where is everyone from?  i wish we could all meet up after babies but i think we live so far!  like not even in the same country!  i live in us, east coast--maryland.  you know, i remember reading somewhere that medhelp has reunions annually for everyone to meet.  they are held in different locations all around.  

mandy-you are so sweet to think of us!  yes, i registered at babiesrus.  where did you register?  are you finished your nursery?

anyone have showers yet?  my family/friends and hubby's family doing separate showers because we both have big families and they live in different states.  my family/friends was june 21.  my husband's family will be aug. 3.

[princesska2]

we dont really do baby showers here in australia but it sounds like a lot of fun. hope all of yours go well. my nirsery is all done thank god cause the last few weeks i have been feeling so **** i have done nothing but sit on the couch. i am finding it really hard to shake this ear infection and it is making me feel yuk! i have a hospital appointment next week and will get my date to be induced if they are going to do it. fingers crossed i get a nice doctor who is sympathetic. i am excited to be getting a date tho. then count down can really begin. hubby is back from spain and all is well. it was amazing how much i missed him and good to have him back. he is still jet lagged so hopefully gets over that soon. he is more excited about the baby since getting bak as he really noticed how much my tummy grew. i am getting huge and uncomfortable and find it hard to bend down to pick up things or dry my feet after a shower. lol big fat whale i am! i am back to be tired all the time - anyone else feel like this?? back to having naps during the day to get me through much like the first trimester. krissyy how is your bump going?? keeks are you still hanging in there and keeping your legs crossed?? jamie hope you are feeling well and the twins aren't exhausting you too much. katebud is the first trimester flying for you and have you managed to avoid morning sickness? mandy where are you and i hope all is well??? talk soon girls.

[Jamie21]

Well had my doctors appointment yesterday and everything looks good, and the babies heart beat was 128 I guess the doctor said that was a good heart beat.
It is kinda different then my boys though so I wonder if even though its low there is a chance that its not a boy this time? Hmm I guess I'll have to wait for August, my husband and I are getting on edge.

[katebud]

Heya,
You should buck tradition and have a shower anyways!!!!!!  They are just a great excuse (if nothing else) to get together with friends and family, and eat desserts and be excited together about the new baby coming.  :D

I am happy that I am almost in my 9th week.  This week and the 7th have passed MUCH faster than the 5th and 6th.  I was thinking during them that I wanted them to get over so that I could be in the 2nd trimester soon (you know, the risks go down and such).  But I am truly enjoying being prengnant even though I do have quite a bit of nausea and heartburn, indigestion, yucky.  :)  
But I know that I have it a  LOT easier than some of the other ladies on this site, and am hoping to keep it that way.  
I have not thrown up at all, which is great.  :D

How is everyone else doing?  :)  
and to those newly pregnant and ttc,
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