Sunset how exciting! Sounds like it wont be long until she's here!
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Sunset how exciting! Sounds like it wont be long until she's here!
Sunset, I wondered what ur Fb comment was meaning! I get it all the time now... soon your amazing little bundle will be here, I'm sorry you had such a hard time from dh's relatives!! I'm off to dh's family tomorrow, have 4 houses to go to and I'm bound to get the comments... can't believe she will be here soon! I was thinking of you whilst in next today, they had little bodysuits with 'born in 2011' on them and I wondered if that will be ur little one soon! x
Deaks, sorry about ur attempt! TTC is super tough and esp at this time of the year u have lots of other things on ur mind that u forgot it was there, try not be so hard on yourself...did u attempt again??
Morning ladies, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. It seem to come around so quickly this year and i wasn't ready, lol. Thank you so so much to my secret santa, i love love love my little gifts and thank you for the boys, they're just fab!!! xxx
Morning :) I woke up this morning with the worst possible cold.. I haven't tried to speak yet but I'm pretty sure I won't have a voice lol
I have spent ALL night in false labour with regular tightenings which kept waking me up but it seemed to have died down this morning.
maybebaby ~ how worrying for you hun! 1+ protein isn't too bad though.. When do you next see your midwife?
Inglewood ~ I couldn't believe people yesterday! They had all obviously been drinking alcohol so didn't have much common sense any of them but I felt like a rabbit that someone threw to the dogs :S in the end I actually avoided to say hi to some of the people there just because I didn't want to hear anymore comments.. and like I said, we only popped in for about 15 minutes on the way back from the hospital. I can deal with most comments but one of dh's uncles yesterday asked me if we're hoping for a girl this time and while it's a relatively harmless question, it was the way he asked it.. He had such a negative tone and basically implied we would be disappointed with another boy. I was gobsmacked! I know I'm very hormonal at the moment but I find these comments very hurtful and down grading.. It brings out the protective side of me because it feels like people are putting my boys down if you know what I mean and people just don't seem to get that I would never swap either of my boys for a girl! Good luck with your family do :) you must really be looking forward to january when you announce the news? I sometimes wish we didn't keep it a surprise just so I can shut people up but then I'm pretty sure they would have some other comments instead
Deaks ~ so sorry to hear your attempt didn't go to plan, but at least you managed to squeeze in another attempt so you're in with a good shot this month :)
Lavenderlime ~ hun you are amazing! I admire you so much for being so strict on the diet over christmas! You should be so proud of yourself! I've got my fx that you did manage to catch the egg! Its so frustrating when our attempts don't go to plan!
Indigoviolet ~ love your signature! :)
Babymad ~ glad you liked the presents :) enjoy yorkshire, I hope you have a good time!
Hello to everyone else! What's everyone doing for new years?
Sunset I don't think people mean any harm by comments, but people always give their comments and have an opinion on things, whether you ask for it or not!
Everyone in my family knows I want a girl they don't need to ask or comment, I tend to get in there first, my nan did say 'make sure it's a girl this time kell!' yesterday, I just laughed and replied I'm trying nan but no pressure huh!
I don't tend to get upset by them but I can understand when your feeling like you do that it can be upsetting!
New year is a bit of a non day here, I'll probably end up in bed way before 12!
I'm starting to wish I hadn't brought a computer game for oh now, two nights on the trot he's come to bed after 2am after having played on it alllllllllllllll day, it's driving me made! I'm going out shopping with my little sister today because I don't wanna see it anymore!
Kell ~ you are right! :agree: i don't mind if it's people i know.. yes it annoys me, but when people i don't really know like in this case some distant half drunk uncles on dh's side who i see once every 3 years, asks me with a very nasty undertone if we are putting our hopes on a girl this time it really ticks me off, because it really is none of their business. I mean, what am i supposed to answer? it's not like anyone is interested in "we're hoping for healthy". and yesterday got to me because none of these people actually bothered to talk to me or ask me how i'm doing, they all just walked straight up and blurted out their gender comments lol one of the ladies walked up to me, grabbed my belly with both hands and said "do you know what you're having then" and as soon as i said "nope we're keeping it a surprise" she gave me a funny look and walked away :S wtf :S :rofl: i should have known better than show up with my pregnant bump at a family do with 60 drunk, nosey people. It's like dangling a piece of lamb over a crocodile lake!
Pmsl yeh you could be right there! Drunk people annoy me at the best of times but when there like that it's worse! Grrr!
When do you have to hi back into hospital?
The comments about whether we're hoping for a girl aren't so annoying (though I do get protective over my boys too like you Sunset!) as tedious - come on, think of something else to say to me!! What IS annoying to me is when people ask whether we have any ideas for names and then have something bad to say about all our ideas - my mum and dad did this yesterday and I had to tell them that actually, they don't get any say in the matter! Despite that, if somebody says 'oh God no, that's awful' it does have an effect on my opinion even if I don't want it to - and we're so struggling to find any names we like. I actually think it would be easier to find a boy's name!
We won't do anything for New Year - we haven't done since we had children I don't think! DS1 thinks he's going to stay up unti midnight so we'll probably be asleep before him (at least I will!).
I was going to put away all the new toys today (and put some others in a bin bag ready for the charity shop!) but DH is doing a mammoth dump trip so I'm watching a film with the boys instead :D
Sunset - hugs for the cold and the BH x I always get this at the end of my pregnancy to be fair it lasts from about 34wks till D day! Annoying and it does get painful but you do get used to it x hope its the real thing soon and that you dont have to be induced x Sorry for all the the rude comments...at least you can feel a little smug it being a girl even though i know thats not the point x
Deaks - FX for your attempt x seriously with all the crazy stuff i added my my body and i got a BFP anything can happen...only takes 1 sperm x FX for you hun x
lavender - hope you got your egg too - wow you are hardcore no xmas dinner!! That is v impressive x
kell hope OH is off that game!!! how are you feeling?
indigo - loving the ticker x
inglewood - how are you x when is your next scan?
maybe - hope you are ok and bump is behaving hope the protein disappears are the checking it?
babymad - are you feeling any better yet?
waves to all littlemiss, chocolate sorry anyone i have missed x 3lm 2monkey x
Had to work today am shattered it was so busy x getting nervous about my scan too although listened to button on the doppler today can hear them moving now :D we dont do anything for new year never have! We get some nice food try and have a meal for 2 kids depending and then i never manage to stay up DH always falls asleep about 11.50 in front of hooternanny ;)
Thanks ladies for the well wishes! I didnt feel half so bad in the morning. We got a second attempt in and as dh said about the first attempt, Its likely the femmecup kinda got squished to one side in my vg and that when the load was deposited and then he withdrew, quite a bit probably got trapped inside the femmecup not outside. Trouble is when i removed the femmecup in a panic, i didnt take care to notice where any sperm ended up. But im hoping that at least some from that deposit made its way. Still feel so stupid and so relieved we got a second attempt in! Anyway im viewing new year as a new start in my swaying journey and just gonna write 2011 off as a really crappy practice year!!!! Hopefully by this time next year i will be in sunsets position!!
Hope you are all well X
Hi ladies, hope you all had a great christmas!! we had a lovley day, the boys were good :-) lol.
Ah sunset, ive been stalking you on fb, glad you are doing well and got out of hosp for xmas day! I know how you feel about the comments, they really do make you mad dont they!! We all went to lay some flowers on my nans grave xmas eve and i bumped into a retired work collegue, she came over to see us as she hasnt met ds3 and said how lovely he was.. and then said 'hope you have better luck next time and get a girl'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was so shocked, i seriously thought now id had him that the comments would stop but no. I just replied that we got what we wanted..3 healthy children. And at a graveyard ffs!!!! some people!
On a brighter note, wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2012!!! and may it bring many more bfp's :-) Ive eaten soo much i think i may have to dig out my maternity jeans lmao.
Love to you all x x x
Petal ~ omg, I am SO SORRY that lady said something as horrific as that to you!!! that's not ok! I remember when i had ds2 the comments continued until he was about 1 years old :( well done on your comeback comment! :agree: hopefully it gave her something to think about!
Kell ~ I was back in hospital yesterday for a bp profiling which went really well :) i've only got mild pre-eclampsia at the moment and my bp is well under control with the meds so they're happy for me to go for twice weekly bp checks and then next week i've got an appointment to see the consultant to discuss delivery, but because i've had 2 natural deliveries they've said that if i don't get worse they're probably gonna let me go into labour naturally :) fx!!
Zanacal ~ big sigh to name comments!!!! that's the reason we haven't told anyone what names we're considering (other than you ladies of course). I found it so annoying when i was expecting ds1 how everyone had an opinion on names so when i fell pregnant with ds2 i decided not to reveal our choice of names and haven't done so in this pregnancy either. with ds1 I really liked Josef and I remember telling my MIL and she went on to give me a 30 minute lecture on how she didn't like the name and it reminded her of some relative bla bla bla.. right turn off! People do tend to get a bit offended when they ask and I answer "yes we've decided on names, but we're not telling" but hey ho, i don't want people's opinions unless they've got good things to say iykwim.
Charliespy ~ please don't say that lol I couldn't sleep last night they were so uncomfortable so i can't imagine weeks of false contractions :rofl: thing is that i know i have BH contractions with the amount of times i've been strapped to a CTG monitor this pregnancy, i just can't feel them but the ones i had yesterday were regular and i could feel them, they just didn't progress.. it's very new to me because with both boys I was never aware of a single tightening until one day, BANG! baby is on the way :p hopefully though this little baba will want to stay in for another 5 days so i can have a full term delivery :)
when is your next scan?
Deaks ~ of course you're gonna be having a baby in 2012! ;) can't wait for the day you announce your bfp news! are you still gonna sway in 2012?
OMG petal, what a ridiculously awful thing to say to you, im shocked! X
Sunset, yes i will continue to sway... im forever hopeful! X
Hi ladies,back again been a busy bee! i have been reading snippets from this forum here and there (when i've had the chance) :) , i haven't been able to follow the diet strictly but have done what i could, ie restricted salt intake, no caffeine (which has been hard as i used to live on red bull literally + have suffered some awful headaches) + obviously have been taking all vits, i've charted ov and initially made 1 attempt...several pg tests later nothing then af arrived 4 days late! wasnt too disheartened + carried on planning this months attempt was a bit more stricter with the diet , wooden spoon+pink ribbon under the bed, felt ov pain ,charted cm + planned the time of my attempt , christmas eve which my chart also said was a new moon! i've got everything crossed :D , due af 7th/8th jan. Since yesterday ive been very bloated, backache in lower back + really bad tender breasts. How is evryone else doing? Have you all had a great xmas? Is anyone due af/bfp near my date? x
Hiya everyone, Sunset glad little lady is staying put for a while longer! Did you think boy or girl this time round from Day 1?
With DS2 I thought girl just as thats what I thought most people had after a boy lol. Just been reading about gender guesses and if your urine is pale yellow or darker, mine changes between the 2 lol! Im thinking boy though still for this one. Always thought Id have 3 boys so maybe my 4th would be a girl.
Hope everyone else had a fab christmas. I enjoyed the food but paid for it slightly as was soo bloated!
I see the midwife on Thursday but my protein seems to be better today. Feel better too but really tierd and in heartburn hell! Working from home tomorrow so up for 7am. So want to start maternity leave now :-(
Anyone hit the sales yet? I braved Guildford today - it was rammo! So much for people being skint!
I spent 4 hours with my little sister in Cambridge today, she spent a fortune while I played chief fashion advisor! I did make her buy me lunch for taking her as its about an hour from home!
I didn't have a clue with ds1 about his sex, ds2 I had a feeling but more because of similar cravings and pregnancies, this one I do think girl but I'm not sure if that's because I want it so bad, altho the sickness and massive boobs are also swaying my thoughts.
Maybe- glad you are feeling a bit better, hope results on thurs are good. Can't believe you braved guildford! did you get anything good?
Sunset- hope your little one stays put for another few days FX, you must be so excited to meet her! Can't wait to see the pics!
Deaks- your bfp news will come sooner than you think I'm sure!
charlie- how are you feeling now? Hope the sickness is staying away.
Babymad- have a wonderful time away, relax and enjoy!
Petal- just can't believe that comment! Thank goodness we can vent here and 'collect' all the good comebacks for when we need them! Your son is a treasure and I'm glad you are enjoying him so much :HH:
Chocolate- when are you putting your pg ticker up?! Are you feeling pg / do you believe it yet? I still don't really lol even though am sick as a dog!
Fx for a BFP! Deaks and myself will be hoping for our bfp around early January. I don't know when I ovulated as I missed my surge so will test on Friday and then every 3 days until BFP or AF. I've had back ache to but my whole back. But have no clue if it's related i'm symptom spotting like crazy!! And every twinge I'm thinking ooh maybe that's implantation....Quote:
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Maybe I've done some online sale shopping and braving town tomorrow as have some vouchers to spend also have to get my dad a present his birthday is on the 1st of Jan.
I've been trying to teach our cats (Valentine and Rocket) to use a cat flap today that DP put into the wall today. They haven't really taken to the concept very well! Off to chuck them out again in a minute, they're very homely and are only about 8 months old but think it's time for them to venture out more.
Lavendar - we had a catflap put in recently. I think our cat is about 10 years old and it's the first time she's had one. She goes out of it in the middle of the night (doesn't wake me up anymore - yay!) but the stupid animal is always meeowing at the door in the morning and still asks to be let out during the day!
Chocolate ~ when is your due date so i can update the rollcall? :) with ds1 i knew the instant i fell pregnant that he was a boy, never once questioned it. with ds2 i thought he was a boy, but i know now that i "expected" him to be a girl because people are "supposed" to have pigeon pairs if that makes sense? This pregnancy is different simply because I have 2 boys already so from the moment I got my bfp I just expected to be carrying another boy and never really allowed myself to think girl. It's hard as well to know what's true "maternal instinct" when my gender desire is so strong. I still assume/think of my baby as a boy even though it's been confirmed girl 3 times. I just won't let myself believe I can actually give birth to a girl until I hold her and see her bits for myself. I think it's a defense mechanism lol
Maybebaby ~ i hope your midwife appointment goes well! keep us posted! hopefully it's not pre-eclampsia! what's your bp readings like? try and rest as much as you can!!
I'm staying as far away from the sales as possible! i have strict orders from the doctors to rest and not stress myself up and what is a better way to induce stress than the sales lol
Pinkprincess85 ~ good luck!! fx for a bfp! :) would be a great start to 2012 :)
Indigoviolet ~ wow 8 weeks tomorrow :D how are you feeling? have you told people or are you waiting until after your scan?
Sunset~ How are you??
Hiya, indigoviolet I have a scan at 6+1 so after then if all is well! Kniw what you mean about not believing it. Sunset yeah I agree, hard to know what the instinct says when you have gender desire, makes it cloudy! I should be 5 weeks on sunday but got my 3+ today on the digital test so that's good, my hcg started so low and by my calculations its doubling daily so wonder if all those awful ovulation pains means its more than 1 lol. No feeling sick though so that's good in one way but would give me hope as a good girl sign
Morning :)
HopeandDream ~ I'm fine thank you, just full of cold at the moment :( how are you?
Chocolate ~ perhaps it's twin girls ;)
chocolate - yay for HCG levels sounds good and a scan hope that all goes well x
sunset - how are you feeling now any better? good plan to avoid the sales i think ;)
loving all these preggy tickers :D
FX everyone will soon have one and pink too x x
What is everyone up to now? I had to work yesterday then we chilled x DH is back to work today :( till sat then i am working sun and mon double :( planning on trying to get out for a walk - definitely need to think i have gained a few pounds over xmas :S hoping i start to feel like eating veg and salad again soon all i want is bread and toast! Then the boys got some craft stuff so will be doing that too i think x
My scan is tomorrow - feeling quite nervous hope all goes well - wonder if i will get a nub shot? I dont dare ask for one but FX and 13wks today :D
Hi all.... hope you all had a fantastic Christmas! We just got back yesterday from the in-laws. Had a lovely time... Had some crazy weather on Christmas day. Melbourne was hit by crazy storms in the afternoon... there was hail the size of golf balls that broke some car windows and torrential rain. We were lucky to be further out in the countryside... so wasn't so bad for us.
Told all the family about the PG and got all the congrats. Most people asked me if I was hoping for a girl. Its hard to know how to answer that. I usually say a girl would be nice but we're happy with whatever.
sunset - hope you shift the cold soon. I've got a tummy bug at the mo... and been feeling decidedly average the last couple of days. Really not what you need. Although loving having DH home for the hols - was able to have a 2 hour lie down over lunchtime today!!! Was magical!!!! :D And he cooked dinner!!!
Ooooh and DS2 started walking yesterday!!!!!!!!! He's pretty much gone from nothing to standing up on his own and toddling off even when there is nobody to walk to. Its such a heartwarming moment!
Ahh Pinga, how old are your boys? I have 2 boys too born in the same years as yours, Max was 3 in June so 3 years and 6 months and Jack was November 2010 so 1 year and 1 month and just walking everywhere too, so cute!
It is hard to know what to say, in one way I want to say 'Im hoping for a girl' so people would be sympathetic if it were to be a boy so they dont go saying too much. Your weather sounds like fun!
Charlie enjoy your scan tomorrow!
Sunset -forgot, my due date is about the 3rd September but will let you know after the scan. Twin girls would be sooo cool! But no way Im that lucky, however twin boys would be fab too.
Starting to feel tired now and its only mid-day so think the symptoms may be coming thick and fast now lol.
Im going to try to build up the confidence to ask which side the little bean/s have implanted in, as there is a great study out there that is very accurate, one side is meant to be boy and the other girl, was right for ds2, need to look it up to see which side means which. And think it is what side the placenta attaches to so hope it is obvious for one side or the other and not central lol as the placenta doesnt take over till about 10 weeks.
Hi all,
How exciting charlie! I asked for a nub shot with ds2 but felt like a total wolly! Either way, will be lovely to see little bean!
Glad you have all had happy christmas's! Ours still seems to be going!
People on IG seem to think i wont stand much chance of pg with dh's second load of sperm a few hours later. Why do you think that is? I know the timing was right (and probably better for the second load) as we dtd 10pm and at 6am my temp wasnt up but it definately was by 9am.
I think you stand a chance Deaks - and lower sperm count gives you a really good shot at a girl too! IMO lower sperm count is probably the biggest factor. We got pregnant with DH's 3rd release in 24 hours (it was less than 8 hours since his last release) and he released twice a day every day for 10 days prior to that! Nobody can tell you how much chance you stand of pregnancy so, if I were you, I wouldn't even ask the question :D My fingers are crossed!
Thanks zanacal, thats very reasurring! I kinda thought that after 2 weeks abstinance and then 2 attempts very very close together that the second must be as good if not better than the first. I only asked on IG as i wasnt sure if the second attempt would sway boy more. Really hope i do get bfp but also learnt this cycle exactly how slow i generally ov. I already had suspicions but i think i ov even slower than i thought. My attempt wasnt until 48hrs after first +opk. Sometimes i think these things happen for a reason as my first attempt was probably a little too soon anyway. XQuote:
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Deaks, I asked my chances of pregnancy and was told less than 10% lol, but here I am pregnant! My friends OH has low sperm count and she has got pregnant too! And that is an excellent part for the sway so youve done fab
Thanks chocolate! And im so glad your hcg levels are rising nicely! XQuote:
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I cant see why they are saying that - I think you have a good chance hun x FX for you x x
Chocolate that's my youngest sons birthday!
I agree Deaks you've got a good chance! Fingers crossed for you bfp!
Bah humbug! Back working today :-(
Deeks it takes 3 months to make sperm so I don't see how having a long abstain then doing it twice will be moreboy friendly. After two weeks I think what's stored up is mostly past it's prime and the second lotsshould be lower in count and just as past it's best as the first lot.
Indigo I went to debenhams yesterday and got a few bits to wear post Pg! Let's hope they fit! The jeans I got fit me now so either I have lost to much or I was to fat to start with!
HUGS for working x x boooooooooo sucks doesnt it x
I am about to put on gruffalo as i recorded it, have made myself a decaf coffee in my new cath mug :D and will write all the birthdays up in the new calendar! Can you tell i havnt made it out the house yet!!
Hi all, just a quick "Hi" had another scan today, twins are about 1lb each and have moved which surprised me, they have swapped places! lol She said one is definetly a GIRL!! and the other had it's legs closed and the cord between it too! But althought they are supposed to be identical twins, she didn't want to confirm the sex of the other with it's wee legs closed, which I understand. Back on th 10th jan them my 4d on the 18th! Feel a bit more reassured that I've heard it twice now, but still waiting for 4d to truly start to believe it all.
Will catch up with posts later, was away all day yest. Hope ur all well? x
YAY for girl and YAY for growth :D cant wait to see your 4d pics not long now x