Kat yayy for another fun loving pink bundle ! I am sorry u didn't hear boy.
Ur girls will love having a little sister wait till u see them all bonding its awesome !
Happy birthday lola !
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Kat yayy for another fun loving pink bundle ! I am sorry u didn't hear boy.
Ur girls will love having a little sister wait till u see them all bonding its awesome !
Happy birthday lola !
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Congrats Kat! I completely get the needing time to process. I had to tell people right away because they knew we were having the ultrasound, and I could have really used more time to sort through my own feelings. A few weeks later from the knowledge of another girl, I'm feeling better about it overall, but seeing baby boys is still a stab in the heart.
I think it's worse because I know how much different everything was this time from conception to my feelings to old wives tales (which I know aren't reliable). I get it. Take some time to yourself!
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Happy birthday Lola!! Hope you have a fabulous day!
Kat sorry you didn't hear boy but huge congratulations on a healthly girl [emoji179]
I'm away atm visiting mum but will be home tomorrow so I'll be more active then :)
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Congratulations Kat :HH: i am sorry you didnt hear boy and i hope you are ok, it really sucks to see opposites :( let us know how your girls react to the reveal
for what its worth i think all girl families are gorgeous and the thing i find really amazing about them is that as their mum you haven't just carried all your children inside you but also every single one of your future grandchildren because baby girls form their lifetime supply of eggs before they are born :heart:
4b2p - well that is just amazing and made my day[emoji175] you are always so kind! Love you and this group[emoji175]
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4blue2pink I second Kat! What an amazing thing to think of!!
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I'm trying to work out a recipe ladies and this just doesn't seem right!!! Trying to convert oz to mls/litres for the veggie broth. Its trying to tell me a 115oz can is equivalent to 3.4L???? That's like 14 cups???? What am I missing here ladies that use imperial measuring? It seems dar too much liquid to absorb?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d6f8ba3f6c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4874000f4b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...96b268718e.jpg
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Kat-congrats on a healthy baby girl [emoji175]I'm sorry for the disappointed feeling, but as you said the Lord chose this sweet girl for you!! You've always had an awesome attitude about hearing either way. As you know, girl clothes are soooo cute!! I know several 3 girl families & think they're the cutest & look like so much fun!!
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It has been a wonderful day & I had fun sharing my baby news on Facebook. Most of our close friends/fam already knew, but there were a ton that we still wanted to spill the beans to. Max-I posted the same pics I posted on here and wrote "Thanks for all of the sweet birthday wishes! It's going to be an exciting year! My little family (getting bigger) is the greatest gift of all!!! #outnumbered #partyof5"
Sky-I tried to take a selfie with DH to send to my boys, but it was NOT cute lol.
Pbn- I can't see all the directions but I think they are saying to use an 11 and 1/2 ounce can of broth which is about 340 milliliters. Which would be close to about a cup and a half almost. I hope that helps. ☺Quote:
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Happy birthday Lola! ☺ I hope you have a wonderful night!!
Kat- Congratulations on a healthy baby girl! ☺
Thanks momoffourboyz! I'm going to wing it abit. The spaghetti is cooked in the broth so I think I'll heat up about 1L and add a cup at a time until its absorbed and the spaghetti is cooked [emoji848]
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Pbn- I think that would be a good idea to add as you go and see how much it absorbs so there isn't to much liquid.☺
Sorry you didn't hear boy kat. Glad DH and DD1 are excited for another punk bundle though!
Lola hope you had a ball for your birthday! :D
Kat, congrats on the healthy baby girl....I know you will love her unconditionally, as much as you will still need to "mourn " not having a son, and will be the awesomest mum to your girl tribe :) so nice dd1 and dh are so excited , that will wear off to you once the slight shock/disappointment is overcome. :hugs: I'm bracing myself for the same next week
Tell me about it lol I keep running scenarios of getting result in my head, preparing for one or the other..crazy huh?Quote:
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For results probably good chance mid late next week? Will ring the GP office Wednesday am if nothing by Tuesday night ;) DD1 is due for her 4 y.o check up / shots so have to make an appointment so will use that as an excuse of "oh by the way while I have you on the phone, do you know if my Nipt results are in?!" :rofl:
im glad it helped kat :) its the one thing that absolutely stands out about mums of all girl families for me, one woman who has carried 2 generations, you-your daughters-your grandchildren like a set of russian dolls :heart:
It's true it is baffling and just so neat, when you think about it...I was going to say just that, a bit like Russian dolls, all forever linked :awe:Quote:
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Sorry I'm behind again....so just catching up from the new thread onwards:
Mommy - Sorry it wasn't your cycle :( Have you been having CD21 blood tests while on clomid? To check that you're ovulating?
Kat - Sounds like a great plan with your leave. Lucky your DH is the director of childcare, would make life so much easier.
Shann - Great news on passing your blood tests! Sorry about the itching though....You're so close now!
Lola - Hope you had a great birthday! Enjoy your dinner. No name yet....I have just started thinking about some choices though. It's so hard though as I get sick of names, especially after teaching a child with a name I like.
Max - How lovely to have some time away. And super exciting to be moving!
LMSM - I don't think the double dipping thing has been enforced. It was thrown out I think due to too many complaints. I signed quite a few petitions. I had my blood drawn on a Tuesday and the results went to my Ob on Friday very late. Hope they come back soon! I rang Dorevich and asked them if they had gone through before ringing my ob. I also asked them to not tell me the sex on the phone and to email it instead, so then I could process instead of talking to the receptionist about it.
Ash - Love the bunks! Hope the boys like them and settle in well.
Dancing - great plan with your leave! We are lucky in Oz.
Sky - Wow the weather is so hot!!! Glad they can stay inside at school.
Kat - Sorry you didn't hear blue, but glad your girl is healthy x
Pbn3 - Hope the pasta worked out okay?
Maternity Leave - Wow I really feel for those limited with their leave. I'm in Oz too, so we are very lucky. Unfortunately, I left my permanent job as a teacher 5 years ago and took a job closer to home that was someone's maternity leave position (we have take off 5-7 years as a teacher, depending on the school system). I am at a private school, so they can just keep extending their position every 12 months. So I therefore, don't have a permanent position and won't get any paid leave from work. As I'm due in March, I will finish my position at the school mid December, before our big summer break of 6 weeks (which won't be paid). When school resumes at the very end of January, I won't have job to return to. Well this is what I believe anyway....when I tell my principal this week, I will enquire and see if they will give me some work during February which will help a lot financially. Once bub is born I will get the standard 18 weeks paid leave from the government and then I'll take the rest of the year off. I am really going to focus my energy on my business Wooden You Home - Wooden You and see where that takes me. I could easily earn $600-1000 a week, which is a fraction of what I get teaching, but we could get by. Sorry for the essay!
Thanks for all your congratulations! It's starting to sink in, but I'm hoping to get a good nub shot at my 12 week scan on Tuesday! I hope I have a good sonographer.
love your wooden figures iwant4 :) i love peg dolls the baby ones are so cute!
Iw4k: no they never Checked all that. Will see ob on the 14th and explain to her the last few cycles and see where she wants go from there. Thank you! I truly don't think I'll conceive until I start the eod, but want to give the e4d this cycle and hopefully with the clomid out of my system I'll finally get a positive opk.
Then the following cycle I will do the eod each cycle until I finally catch my egg. As that's how I caught the egg with my last angel baby and we had to do every day to catch the egg with my three youngest babies... so in reality I guess you can say my fertility has always been crap... lol the lord will give me my rainbow baby when he feels it's time. He's just busy molding us the perfect baby for our family for the time being. ❤️
That's rough about not having a job to return too and not being paid for your leave! 🤞🏻for work during February! Nice to have the 18 weeks paid leave! Too excited for you! Will check your business out in a bit! Sounds like a good plan!!
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Very cool business Iw4k!!
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LMSM-I know your exact feeling! I would think of THAT phone call & imagine the scenarios either way & how I'd react. I had dreams about it too!! The wait will soon be over!! Seriously can't wait to hear [emoji4]
Iwant4-I get the name thing with teaching...helps you weed out the names you don't want lol! Hope your job situation gets sorted out, but that's great you have your own business too, you're very talented!!
Hi ladies, can I join this thread please? Due 2nd March 2018 xx
hi gabrielsmummy :) congratulations!! did you sway? xx
Hi & welcome gabrielsmummy!! We'd love for you to join!! Congrats!! Did you sway for this one?
Welcome Gabrielsmummy! This is a great group of women!
Iwant4 - I went through 18 months of six month extended contracts in 3 different schools before I got permanency. My DH took 2 years to get his. Sucks how they can just string a person along!
That's the thing the US seems backwards and behind on their maternity leave schemes and benefits while Oz is far ahead yet we're behind on the issue of gay marriage compared to them and the fact we can't do gender selection. I wouldn't have even bothered swaying if I could just get it done here in Australia without the added expense of international flights, accommodation and spending money on top of your procedure cost. And unless you go to Thailand our dollar is not that great compared to the US dollar or Euro.
Hi and welcome gabrielsmummy! Let us know if you swayed or what you're hoping for and I'll add you to our ddg info [emoji3] Will you be finding out gender?
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Welcome gabrielsmummy! Congrats on this bub!
Same questions as the ladies ^^
Iwant4 – how cute are those little wooden characters! ;) it’s great you could potentially use that as a means to up your income, especially whilst on leave. Was it tomorrow you have your NT scan?
For the government paid parental leave, sounds very likely they scrapped the whole changes they wanted to implement following the uproar – I for one would have not been happy ( I feel that when you work hard, pay your taxes, and your employer has a policy to retain employees with an incentive such as paid mat leave, then it’s none of the Government’s business :P). so def hope to be eligible to claim it next year!
Dancing – how is your daughter? Has conjunctivitis left your house?
Speaking of the gay marriage situation here – will be the 1st vote hubby and I will cast as new Australian citizens – so I find it exciting, albeit postal vote still feels special ^^ it’s about time Oz were a bit more progressive on this point! My daughters have friends (2 girls about the same age) who have 2 mums – and to the kids (ours or theirs) it’s a non-issue – they don’t bat an eyelid – it’s just their parents, end of story… if kids embrace difference, why can’t adults?! Anyways lol
Sky- is it still as hot? No idea what your F* degrees equate to in C*, but sounds like it’s scorching hot!
Thinking of you all! Are all the kiddies in the Northern hemisphere back at school today, Monday?
Gah hubby is still convinced it’s a girl, so much so he refuses to even think of a boy name – but agrees I have aggressiveness about me, not sure if that could mean boy?! (yes am clutching at straws) :rofl: I had a massive go at neighbours last night (they feed magpies which have grown into a massive problem but after nice requests for them to stop as it is filthy (they feed them meat, twice a day!! / the birds poo everywhere) and it makes it hard for us to be outside (birds can be aggressive and the kids freak out etc) a few months ago, they continue so I pitched in as hubs was talking to them and basically went ballistic and lost it at them – oops (might get me in trouble as was screaming on the top of my lungs – unlike me - as DD2 was in tears in the garden, tetanised and that was just too much for me, I was very unpleasant…might come back to bite me, and probs served no purpose when you are dealing with idiots - but so be it, can’t be undone).
Also tried the Doppler last night and still no joy :( I know 10 weeks is still early, and bub could just be hiding – but am more than ready to hear that galloping sound! :D
Lmsm: mine are off for Labor Day, but today is only Sunday st 10pm. They will be off tomorrow, and we will be having attending dh's dad's birthday party. It'll be nice. Grilling out and enjoying their company.
I truly have everything crossed you hear boy!
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Sorry I have been quiet. Have a lot going on and have been very busy.
I have a friend who is a gp and she is wanting me to stop expressing milk for my dd. she is saying that it is taking nutrients and folate away from the pregnancy which baby needs to develop especially for the development of the brain.
I am trying to accept that I need to do this. What are your thoughts and what would you do?
Thanks
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Blue I've never heard that before. I've always heard your baby will get the nutrients he needs no matter what you eat baby will start taking it from your body and you will be deficient and not the baby. My dr would have been perfectly fine with me tandem nursing while pregnant with ds4 just recommended I stop at 20w so I don't contract
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Laying in bed last night with dh and he got to feel little love move for the first time [emoji177] he says is that her or you? Lol it was great she was kicking up a storm!
LMSM how many more days do you predict before the call?
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Lmsm - start calling Dorevich....should be in by now. FX
12 week scan today but not until 4:15 x
Ash - how exciting [emoji7]
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Iwant how many hours [emoji16]
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That is what I thought. But she is saying expressing is different to breastfeeding. My goal was to express till dd was 12 months and I am not going to reach that if I have to stop. I am taking Blackmores pregnancy and breast feeding multivitamins and also an iron tablet as iron is slightly low.
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Is there a breastfeeding and pregnancy helpline I can call or should I go talk to my Dr
Bluedreaming you're in Australia right? You could try the Australian Breastfeeding Association on 1800 mum2mum (1800 6862686) or even 13health? That doesn't sound right to me either and I think you're doing the right thing by getting a second opinion. The other option is to google or ring your local community health centre as they often have a lactaction consultant you can see.
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LSMS - just ignore your hubby [emoji12]I will say I have such a boy Mom personality as I've very type A and lists are my best friend! But, you had a great boy sway, were definitely on the diet longer and gained weight. Everything crossed for you, we need a successful boy sway [emoji170] But, I think it's just awesome that you got pregnant fast and own your own, so hopefully that's encouraging if you do hear girl.
My Dad told me over the weekend, he's hoping this baby is a boy, which broke my heart. He didn't mean it mean, just his opinion. We think we'll tell this weekend, hopefully we'll get positive responses, but if not, that's ok too [emoji5]
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