I just bought a few different juices & some Sprite, figure I'll just chuck it all in with ice and see how we go lol My favourite cocktail is the Mojito mmmmm yum!
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I just bought a few different juices & some Sprite, figure I'll just chuck it all in with ice and see how we go lol My favourite cocktail is the Mojito mmmmm yum!
I feel like I should share this with you ladies... Such a sad story!! Be ready for some tears... But it has such an importan message.
Love, Light, Laughter and Chocolate - One Mom's Journey: Be with me. Just for today.
MrsHoneyz--oh, this was sent to me by a friend last night and I literally wept when i read it. My heart aches so much for her...I told DH that we are anchoring every dresser and desk to the walls this week!
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Thank you so much for posting this. This is the first time I've read this story and this didn't just bring tears to my eyes, this story had me crying so hard I felt like I was beginning to hyperventilate. Such a sad sad tragedy. One that I hope I never have to face.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrshonyez
Just a little over a year ago this very same thing happened to my cousins boyfriends sister. It was horrible. The dresser was taller. It was a 6 drawer tall chest. There was something on top that her 3 year old wanted so he pulled some drawers out to climb up and get it. It tipped and wedged him between the chest that fell and the bed. He was crushed, but able to barely breathe. He had severe brain damage and was now on life support. 3 days later the Drs urged her to make a difficult decision to take her son of life support. This story you posted brought back the memories of that day just a little over a year ago.
This really makes me hate my husband. When this happened to my cousins family a year ago... I begged my husband to anchor our 6 drawer tall chest that has a flat screen on top of it without a base (have no idea how its supported as its not even leaning on the wall). Our youngest son just turned 3 in August and had been climbing since he was a baby. I found him a few weeks ago in top of his own dresser, much smaller than the one in the story, but still YOU NEVER KNOW, and I don't ever want to find out. So it pisses me off that still, to this day, my freaking husband has still not anchored the dresser to our wall. I'm making him read this story. Life is so precious.
Now that I've wiped my tears... I need to get ready for my anatomy scan today. I'm so nervous and scared. I've seen so much heartbreak over the past few weeks in the two forums I frequent most. I just pray that everything is ok... Even if she turns into a he... I just want to hear that my baby is healthy. I hardly ever feel her move and it scares me to death. My Doppler is literally the only thing keeping me sane. My appt isn't until 1pm pacific time, but I will update you all as soon as I can.
Congrats on your scan hotdogz... I hope I get some great results today too!!!
On a side note: Ignorant people piss me off. I've lost 3 babies all 10 weeks and earlier and I have 3 children. Someone had the nerve to say to me that I've now "finally" held more pregnancies than I've lost. Ugh, I felt like slapping her. I was speechless and didn't say anything which makes me more mad at myself.
Wishing you all a happy and safe New Year!!! Xoxo
Hi everyone :). I wish you all a happy and healthy new year I'm definitely ready to say good-bye to 2012!
We have our 20 week anatomy scan in a couple of hours. I'm just hoping everything is ok. My doctor mentioned the possibility of placenta accreta since I have an anterior placenta and have had c-sections. We will know today if the placenta position is a problem or not.
That is a very sad story that mrshoney just posted. Unfortunately, it's a story I heard often when I used to work at a children's rehabilitation hospital :(. We had babies, toddlers and children with every imaginable sad story. It often makes me overly cautious with my own children and I feel like sometimes I have to dial it down. Although I will have all boys- there is no way in hell any of them will play football. That is one thing I will not compromise on. However, as much as we try to protect our children from harm- there are always freak accidents. You just have to love them up while you have them - and cross every body part that they will always be safe and healthy. Thankfully, I no longer work there (since I had DS1)- although I do miss it. I would never be able to work there while having children of my own.....
Anyway- I will update later about my scan. Please keep your fingers crossed that everything looks perfect!
Thanks for taking the time to read it, ladies. Hopefully it can save a child's life if it keeps getting passed around! That's so scary Brandles... I probably never would have thought of it, but my kids' previous pediatrician told me a similar story so we anchored it right away.
Oh my gosh, you should totally go back and slap her!! That's completely insensitive of her to say!
Good luck with your scans today!!
Happy New Year lovely ladies.
I haven't dared read the story as I know I will be floods, but I had such a near miss with a chest of drawers falling on my then 2yr old ds1 when ds2 was just a few months old. He had gone into his bedroom and used the drawers as steps to get something from the top, I was in the room next door changing ds2s nappy when I heard a crash. My heart honestly stopped and I ran through to see the dress had fallen forwards onto the floor and no sign of ds1. I don't know where the strength came from but I managed to lift the whole thing back up while shouting ds1s name. I couldn't see him underneath it and then a little voice came from under his duvet on his bed. By some miracle he had managed to jump from the drawer he was on onto his bed as the drawers tumbled down. He'd been so scared he just hid under his duvet cover. I have never hugged him so much in all my life and thanked God for saving him. As soon as dh got back from work he fastened the drawers to the wall and did the same with any others we had in the house.
So frightening how quickly something can happen that could have such devastating consequences.
I hope your scans go well Jark & Brandles. xxx
Happy new year to you all, lots of love
Good luck with the scans today xx
Happy New Year my GD friends. I can't believe I've been on this site for 6 months, and I'm 23 weeks pregnant. This is our year ladies!!! Congrats to you all. Can't wait to see all the pics of our new babies. Coocoo, I think you're up first. This is getting very exciting.
Oh my gosh, how scary mummy. My 3 yo does that sometimes in his older brothers room usually for candy. I think my husband is in denial that it won't or can't happen to us. I read him your story too. I think I'm just going to have to take action and do it myself. I'm so glad your little boy was able to escape and is safe.
Good luck to all those having scans today! Hope all is well :)
Dresser tipping scares the daylights out of me. It happened to the little girl I nannied for back years ago. Thankfully it was a very light, very small dresser and did not trap her for more than the 10 seconds it took me to get to her and pull it off. She was "napping" and usually played before she went down and I guess she thought to climb on it and tipped it onto herself. I heard the crash and ran to get her. And she was totally fine, probably because it was so small and quick. But all of ours are anchored and still panic about what they could pull onto themselves and get hurt. K is a huge climber, at 15 months, and has no fear. So I am cautious about what he has access to.
Thankfully, everything is perfect with my newest little man. I was so nervous something was going to be wrong. The tech spent a lot of time going over every body part- except when it came to gender. Although we already found out it's a boy a month ago......she seriously only glanced for one second and printed out the weird shot. I know he's healthy and everything is ok.......is it weird to have wanted a better penis shot? LOL! My other two boys looked completely different and you could definitely see balls as well. I think this was a weird shot- and I just want everything to look the way it should :). He's definitely a cutie though. His name will most likely be Joel Aaron (Aaron after my mom, Sharon).
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Argh love the name and he certainly is a cutie I'm glad everything is well with your little man xx
Havent been on much over the holidays, really enjoying the time off. just wanted to pop in and say Happy new year ladies. Hope it's a great one for you all.
Jark thats great news that your little boy is happy and healthy, i know how relieving it is to hear them go through each thing and tell you its all looking good and normal, such a weight off and you can now just enjoy the pregnancy :) I dont know why some techs seem to rush and give blury shots like she gave you.... Sheesh i would try for the award winning photo if that was my job, i think they forget how much you treasure the photos and how much it means to you to be able to see YOUR baby, when they see them all day long.
Happy to hear all is well with your baby Jark. I agree that pic is strange, how frustrating for you! Does your Ob do scans at all? If so maybe he/she can get a proper money shot for you. Anyway, so happy your baby is healthy and I love his name, what a special thought for your mum xx
I havent read the story yet as I know what Im like with sad stories but I proimise I will. I'm scared stiff as we havent anchored our drawers at our new house yet. Something I will get DH to do soon and while Im at it Im going to move their lolllies off their top shelf. They're good kids but it only takes one time to decide they are going to sneak a lolly, makes me very nervous.
Hope everyone elses scans go well! 1 more day for me!!!!! Bubs has been quiet so far this morning so really cant wait to see everything is as it should be.
2013 is here!!! The year we meet our babies!!! How very exciting :)
Jark~ glad to hear all is well with your baby boy!! What a cute profile shot you got!!
I had my anatomy scan today and I must say I am very disappointed with my scan. She started the scan and told me to be as still and quiet as possible for the duration of the scan so she could get the best measurements. She said it would take about 15-20 minutes of her doing the medical portion of the scan and then she would turn the screen so DH and I could see the baby. When she was done with her portion of the scan she tore off the pictures for the Dr and I asked how the baby looked, she said she’s not the Dr and after the Dr had a chance to look at the scan he would have the report to my Dr by Wednesday, but said the baby was growing right on target in accordance with my dates. That was it. Then she started my scan again for our pleasure. She showed us the gender and baby is still a GIRL!!! We were able to see the baby’s ears which was amazing and saw both of the baby’s hands and feet crossed together… we even saw her wave at us (it was so adorable). But she never went over the organs with us. This was the first time out of 4 anatomy scans that the tech didn’t show us the 4 chambers of the heart, stomach, kidneys, etc. This made me disappointed. I was really surprised she spent so much time in the gender and even printed 4 or 5 great shots. After about 5 min, she quickly ended the scan and gave my DH the pictures. As she gathered her things she said to us again the report will be sent to the Dr on Wednesday, but she didn’t see any red flags. So it sounds like my baby girl is healthy, but I would have felt a lot better if I were able to see everything I wanted. I’m kicking myself that I didn’t ask.
Here’s a couple pics!
Baby girl bits!!!
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Baby's ear!!
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Baby's feet (heels together)
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This is how I "think" I'm going to announce baby girls gender on Facebook... What do you all think? Didn't get any good profile pics from today... This is one from 12 week!
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I'm still not feeling her much. It's driving me crazy! My son I was feeling daily from 15 weeks and her it's few and far between and very little - agggh! It just makes me so nervous!
:( :( so heartbreaking...
(((hugs))) Brandles, how scary!!
Jark~ Your little Joel looks perfect and has such an adorable name! :) His potty shot does look rushed, sorry the tech didn't take a better shot. :/
Happy New Year, ladies!!! :)
Brandles try not to worry, i know it must be hard, i had a very good tech who explained everything as she did it and we could see it all on the screen. There was one scary part though when she was counting the fingers i think she had trouble getting all of 1 hand to show up so it looked like there were only 3 fingers, she didnt speak at that point so my heart was racing and i was too scared to ask, but she did go back to it at the end and got the right angle and we saw the whole hand. I thought about this more after we left and wondered how she would handle a scan if she was seeing things that were abnormal and it must be such an uncomfortable thing so i think the way your tech did your scan, she may have just been putting herself in a safe place "incase" iykwim. But from her saying she saw no red flags is very very good.
Happy New Year Everyone!!! Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year!! I can't wait to meet our little ones!!! Looking forward to all the good 2013 will bring!!!
Thanks Cinss, I'm not super worried. If there was something wrong, I'm sure I would've been there longer than 25 minutes and the fact she said "no red flags" does give me some peace. I just wish she would've shown us the screen to explain point out all the organs to us. I've been to this place with all three of my kids, plus this pregnancy and its the first time they didn't show us.
^^That could have easily been something that changed because of a "bad experience." KWIM? Like a year ago they changed the rules because something happened and someone sued them or something. It would be sad, but sometimes issues like that change the whole thing for everyone. I know when I had my scan with my first miscarriage, the tech wouldn't say a word and wouldn't tell me what I was looking at. I was sooo upset about it. I just wanted to know. But liability made it so a doctor had to tell me we lost the baby, she was not able to say a thing, even though it probably broke her heart too. I was bawling and asking.
But your appt should totally ease your mind. If she saw no red flags, I am sure all is fine. I think that was her way of reassuring you.
Any news yet Bimby?? It was today, right?? I am waiting!
Sorry, I don't belong in this thread because I'm due in June but I am anxiously waiting on Bimby's news! It seems I'll be lurking here till she stops in :) Happy New Year to all of you!
Yeah stalking for bimby's update!
Hi girls, I've not been on here too much, been reading some updates but not posting much.....
Good luck Bimby! I'm thinking girl :)
I've got my anatomy scan today, kinda nervous.
Just hope he is healthy, I have no reason to think otherwise, but am worried that I have just assumed he would be healthy, I was so focused on wether he was a boy or a girl, I never stopped to think wether he is healthy, I just took for granted that he would be.
I've got 1.5 hours to go eek!!!! Will be driving there soon :) I'm going to see my Nan after but hopefully my phone will play nice so I can update xx
Eeeek! Very exciting, Bimby! Enjoy :)
Have a nice time at your scan Lassie, it will be really great to see your little guy again :) Im sure you have nothing to worry about, but i know its a mothers job right ;)
Bimby, cant wait for your update and pics of your sweet little girl :)
Stalking!!
Quick phone update. Its a GIRL!!!!!! I think lol only have a nub shot as confirmation so will dig through DVD when I get home. I got a sweet face shot to put up. All appears well and looks like another big baby :) looking forward to hearing from you lassie xx
Hope your scan went well, Lassie! Congrats, Bimby!
Congrats Bimby!
Woo hoo, Bimby!! Congrats on a healthy little girl! Can't wait to see some pics of that doll baby. :)
I have my anatomy scan tomorrow, and I think that's it for this group, huh?? Kinda sad in a way...now we get to look forward to arrivals! Anyone else getting freaked out at how fast time is flying?!?
Me! I can't believe I have 14 weeks left to go....crazy scary!
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Rosie--I was just looking at your ticker a few minutes ago, and thought "She only has 96 days left?!? Holy Moses!" Lol. ;)
Congrats, Bimby!!! I think we all knew you were havin a girl!!! I can't wait to see her pic!!!
Lassie~ hope all went well today. Looking forward to hearing your update.
Ttp~ I am getting so nervous. 4.5 months left and still SO much to do... Actually, we haven't even begun anything... Eeek!!!
Yeah! less than 100 days to go! I am nervous for delivery but other than that I really just want to hold my baby boy, I am so excited to be a family of 5! Not looking forward to the lack of sleep however...haQuote:
Originally Posted by Turning the page