Fantastic 40+ thread - part 6

"too" well. I hate it when I spell words incorrectly...

Italian, I'm glad that you know what's going on,and I hope the iron helps with your anemia. It's amazing that you were still walking around with your levels so low. Is that what causes the palpatations,or is that something different? Will you be doing an embryo transfer this week?

BFN this morning, and yes, I know it is early days( 9 DPO), but I feel the hope slipping away. I think it is just so cruel that my body gives me all these mixed signals. I've been gagging on my toothbrush, feeling very tired and extremely irritable, sore boobs, a little nausea when I'm hungry, nice high temps...This gets me thinking, "Ooh, maybe this time..." It's just cruel!

Angel it's nice to hear from you. I can't believe you're going back to work soon, that time seems to have flown. I know what you mean about skint! The bills are piling up here, and payday can't come soon enough.

DS is really pushing my buttons this morning. If I'd got a BFP, I wouldn't mind at all, but in this mood, I'm not coping to well.

Fireflies Thanks, my friend turned up with Spatone for me and said it was better!

angelgeorgie thank you for your kind words.

Hugs to all.

Hi lolfactor Hope all is well. My DS was 9lb 5, so I am kinda of thinking that this one will possibly be similar or a little bigger. The baby is 13 oz at moment which is within range for this time.

FF sounds like a really good policy your hospital have in place. Here, in the UK there Isn t the same in place & I hear more & more horror stories of ELSC due to going 10,14,16 days over the due date. I was 1 week past term when Georgie died & know a contributory factor was placenta detoriation.I wish I had been induced at 40 weeks . Obviously With Phebs I had an elective section at 37,3 as I wanted her as early as possible. If I was to get pg again I would never allow the hospital to let me go past 38 weeks. My consultant ( at work) is an obs & gynae consultant who worked abroad & said it only happens in the UK where women are left to go as long as possible, basically to save bringing them in earlier to save money. Hope you re well? Xx
Italian hopefully the anaemia will subside & you will feel better. During this last pg my HB dropped to 8 which is very liw for me (normally 12-13) & I felt fine apart from tiredness which I attributed to working & being heavily pg!!! I m not a prayer ( don t even know if I believe in god ) but wish you all the luck in the world next week.xxx
MiasAlexandrasmum have got some nice things lined up but need to wait for payday on Wed first!!! Totally skint.xx
Hi Lol hope you re well?
Good luck tomorrow Diege xxx
Hi Marythersa, Blackcatdancing,Gum and everyone else. Hope all are well? Xxxx
We re fine ... Just adoring my darling girl & relishing this time with her whilst ignoring all the politics I m hearing about at work!!!!
Love to all xxx

Evening all

Italian shooting up some more prayer arrows. Am asking for your prescription to be sorted and lining to become lovely and pillowy. Are you taking iron now for the anaemia? Floradix isn?t too bad. Maybe pick up some sun cream while you're getting it to avoid any further bap burnage!!

Gum hope your instincts are right. Lucky you that Friday = pool day. Have another 5 weeks before our outdoor pool opens. We will probably be having unseasonably bad weather by then!!

Diege hope you?re enjoying your last weekend before you go back to work. Sounds like you have quite a good/nice/satisfying job though, so hopefully not too painful for you.

MaryTheresa congrats on the great 20 week scan. Hope everything continues to go well for you.

Angel OMG, can?t believe you are back to work in 2 weeks too! Wow! Time really does fly. Hope you are getting some of the lovely weather where you are. Looks set to continue into next week too.

Lol I believe size of baby is based on measuring, scans, genetics plus BMI and weight gain over pregnancy. They can be at least 10% out though, and I?ve come across plenty of examples where predictions were wrong. Are you basing your birth worries on what I?d said a while back? I was peed off very early on because I was told in no uncertain terms will be induced if reach week 40. This is policy of my hospital. They have a high percentage of oldies and they claim their research shows risks of going over 40 weeks at 40+ is too great not to induce, due to potential placenta failure. I am seeing them again next week and will be asking to see some of their data. Will let you know. Remember you told me I?d be begging to be induced if reach week 40???

I am knackered. Spent the day trailing round galleries with fellow students from my course. I think our average age is 31.5, and anyone would have thought we were a bunch of stroppy teenagers, what with no-shows, late arrivals, disappearing acts?. Still Picasso ex really interesting and was a lovely day to be out and about in town.

Hi MiaAlexandrasmummy and everyone else. Sweet dreams all. xx

Hi Angelgeorgie I was on bettbalockers but felt very tired which is why I came off them! It's a bit muddled up!

Angelgeorgie Good luck with leaving Phebs at nursery. When I left DD in the beginning I cried and not her!

lol thanks for thinking of me, hugs to you.

MiaAlexandrasmummy thanks for your concern, any news on you?

Hugs to Diege, Hippy, Hopefulgum, Hairy and all.

Re my health, if anyone is interested - (me, me, me, I know) the doctor (the second one I've seen in a week) has said I've got anaemia/I am very anaemic so he is not surprised I've felt ill. There is no need to worry and in one sense I feel quite proud I have managed to carry on as normal while so anaemic. I have an Hb of 8.7, and anything under 10 makes you feel weak (and I have been told you get blood transfusions when you hit 8). I keep thinking they must have got my results mixed up with someone else's because I don't feel that ill! I am already feeling better having been on iron supplements for the past 24 hours. Clever old nurse who ordered the anaemia blood test, not the first doctor!

Please do pray for me (if you are a pray-er) at least this is obscuring our FET, which is scheduled for next week. I mean making me think about it less!

Hugs and Baby dust and chocolate boobs (as we say on the assisted conception thread) to all - speaking of which I got my baps burnt today by wearing an uncharacteristically low top!

italian heart palpitations and anaemia, that is such a (literal) pain. What can be done to sort these out? But at least your doc says it won't impact your treatment, which I guess is something.

marytheresa love your show-off boy!! That particular male behaviour does begin early, doesn't it?

angel two weeks is ages... bet you have lots of lovely plans.

hopeful all sounds very encouraging for you.

diege is there any leftover lemon meringue pie in the cafe tonight? Fancy a slice, as I am sure you didn't eat it all...

Hope you have a lovely sunny and peaceful day today, Italian*.

Gum it all sounds exhausting. Glad you got to see everyone. Hope the days fly by until you can test

Marytheresa remind me how you know the size of the baby. Is it through scans or previous births? Sorry if you've said before. I'm shifting daily between home birth, hospital birth, elective caesarean, although the consultant has said 'no' to the caeser. The ony reason I'd want it is if there was any doubt about the second stage of labour. I feel so strongly that this is my last chance and I'm terrified something will jeopardise it. He's said there is no research which suggests that being 46 is going to mean that my chances of something going wrong are increased so I'm wondering why I think they are. Did I read something?

Italian hope your palpations are sorted soon. Have you tried beta blockers? Xx
Gum fx xxx
Diege good luck Monday. Xxx I return in 2 weeks time. Can t believe how quick it's flown by??? Had our first nursery session today , 2 more then first day of leaving Phebs. Eek....
Hi all hope everyone is well. Xxx

Hi ladies, hugs to all.

All best wishes Marytheresa hope all goes well. I did get a short massage a few days ago,. Sadly my probs are medical and won?t be fixed by pampering but pampering is ALWAYS welcome.

It looks like my heart problems with palpitations last year, have come back now I am off the tablets. I am a bit scared and fed up with my health. But doc says it should not affect treatment. I am also anaemic!

Dr did ask me a few times if I could be pregnant, I said no quite emphatically, then he asked again and I said I felt sure I was not then I remembered, I had been scanned that morning! So he yes, that was an answer he could believe!

All best wishes.

Mary that is wonderful news. I'm so glad your little boy looks great.I hope you can relax and enjoy your pregnancy.

Deige, things do seem to be looking good. Had the highest temp I've had in a while this morning. But that might also be because I took it half an hour later than usual.Boobs are sore, and unusually, they weren't really tender til now (whereas usually tender from O day) this time I had odd pains on and off in the first couple of days after O, and the tenderness has just started.Hmmm...

So, I'm 7 DPO, which makes me CD 21. I'll start testing at 9DPO. I would have been happy to wait,but if I'm pregnant I want to know asap so I can phone my doc for a progesterone prescription. I'm taking my "welcome womb" herbs, which are supposed to act like progesterone and help prevent miscarriage, but I'd like to be reassured with the real thing if I need it.

I took DS to the pool, and then did end up catching up with my friend at the cafe, then my folks and my sister. DS behaved very well for a 3 year old, but I was exhausted by the end of it. He was looking very sleepy in the car on the way home, so I got him to sing etc to keep him awake, thinking he'd have a nice big afternoon nap. Well, Murphy's Law, he wouldn't have a nap and I dragged myself around all afternoon unable to do very much at all. It wasn't a successful afternoon!

I still feel tired now...Another symptom?

Symptom spotting, who me?

Hi Lovely Ladies!

Quick update. Had '20' weeks scan today, although nearly 22 weeks. All is as good as it could be. I was praying all the time during the scan. The sonographer couldn't get a clear look at the heart, as the baby was lying on it's tummy. So I had to go for a walk and drink some water. She said there was nothing to worry about, but I couldn't help think otherwise. Born worrier. Came back, she got a very clear pic and heart looks as well as it could. I asked her if she could tell me the sex, but I added that she shouldn't feel under pressure, as I said sometimes it can be hard to tell. She laughed and said 'Oh it's a boy', I said 'OMG!' ( I had convinced myself I was having a girl). She then proceeded to point out the space between his legs and even from my untrained eye I could tell. She said 'He's not shy, is he?!'. Ifeel very blessed and I went to the hospital chapel afterwards to say a little prayer of thanks. Due date is still 25/7/12. As it is a boy and possibly will be near the 10lb mark, it will hopefully add to my case for a planned C-section.

Weather forecast in London set to be glorious for Easter weekend. So looking forward to getting out and about.

Italinan - sorry to hear about your health worries. I'm sure once the docs have it sussed you'll feel a lot better. Watching the App too. Love it. I also watch the after show on BBC2, which is hilarious. Never get tired of it. My hubby was calling the Irish girl -Jedi Jane in honour of the magnificent Jedi Jim from last year. Enjoy your annual leave.

Baby luck to all you great ladies.

Mary xx

Right, pre-orders ready! Good choices all round I'm ordering smoked salmon starter, stir-fried tofu with blackbean sauce, and lemon merangue (sp?) for pud.
Hope you're ok Italian - quite worrying to hear about your health problems. Do you have another scan next week?
Gum it's all sounding very good, in lots of levels! What cd are you on?
Back at work on Monday - and .

I'm going to get in early too, Deige. This week I'd like crispy skin Tasmania salmon with potato rosti and a big green salad. Then I'll have a really indulgent dessert...hmm..let's see, how about a posh triffle? Yum.

I'm sleep deprived again this morning. Have been waking super early for the last few days and can't really get back to sleep.It could be because I'm over thinking everything, but I do get that early morning insomnia in early pregnancy, so I'm hopeful. I also had a dream (which is obviously my subconscious working overtime) that I'm pregnant and my husband was able to see into the future and told me,"don't worry, this one will be born fine,and it's a girl". It was a lovely dream.

Italian - enjoy your time off - rest and look after yourself. Could you have a nice massage,facial or manicure? Just something to help you relax. And I hope that replacement tablet helps.

How's everyone else?

It's Friday here. It's our day for the pool. DS loves it. My friend asked me to join her at a cafe for a cuppa, but I'm also meeting my parents at the same cafe for lunch,and I think 2 or 3 hours in a cafe will be too long for DS. I'd love to catch up with that friend, but I just know my 3 year old won't be still for that long and will start to empty the sugar bowl, sing loudly and disturb other patrons (he did that last week - some of the older men were scowling) or steal all the straws to make pictures on the table. They have a toy corner, but that only holds his attention for about 30 minutes.Not complaining - I feel so lucky to have my wee boy.I guess I'll have to catch her another day.

Enjoy your day.

Hi all how are you?

Nurses say I need to get a replacement tablet for the one I have come off.

I?m looking forward to time off work. I?m only doing about 3.5 hours today and 3.5 hours tomorrow then off for two weeks.

Hugs to all.

PS Getting my order in for tomorrow early, Piella, tiramisu and cardamom coffee, please Diege!

Italian - so sorry to hear you aren't well. Hopefully your GP will get to the bottom of it.

I saw my acupuncturist today, which was lovely.I'm feeling very relaxed and happy tonight. Can't be bothered with cooking so it's fish fingers and potato wedges for the kids. I might have some nicer fish, but not much more. My DH is in the city for a few days, so it's going to be very easy going.

My TCM lady also said I looked very 'glowing" and her first thought was that I am pregnant! I do hope she's right. I have a good feeling this time, and don't want to be disappointed in a few days.However, I know how difficult this journey is, so I will be open-minded and philosophical about all this...

I hope everyone else is feeling okay.

There's been so much illness at work.Tonnes of my colleagues are off work. I plan to stay ruggedly healthy!

Am feeling better and seeing my GP on Friday. Thank you.

italian a zillion good thoughts and prayers in their bucket load for you... I'm worried, are you intending to see a doctor soon? Please be careful.

Hi all, please do send up a quick preayer (if you are a prayer) I am having problems breathing and also palpitations when I exert myself at all, which I do not do a lot. It is frustrating as not sure if the medication is causing it or something else. I am sure I will be OK - looking forward to next week and no work.

Love to all.

Ladies the Apprentice starts today.

You must take a look and see who think will win????

www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2012/mar/13/apprentice-reality-tv

TODAY is the day!

Miaalexandersmummy hugs to you and thanks for your kind words.

Lol all best wishes for the next 15 weeks or so.

Hopefulgum hugs and all best wishes for you.

Angelgeorgie, Tina, Jolls, Hippy Twirlyagogo,blackcatsdancing and Diege HUGS.
I came back from the clinic feeling very happy and relaxed yesterday. I feel my family is complete; me, God, DH and DD. If we get another child through having a baby - fab, if not, we will either look at adoption or stay as we are. Or possibly foster. Anyway, I do feel OK about it all now. I feel relaxed and ready for whatever.

Sending hugs to you all.

Hello all. What's with these misbehaving bits then?!?! First diege and now italian. Please speak firmly to them, this will not do!! Seriously though, I second the lolfactor's idea of a duvet-like lining for you, Italian.

Thank you everyone for the lovely birthday wishes. DH took me out to dinner last night and it was lovely. He is lovely too.

Sending lots of wonderful BFP thoughts to all, fingers crossed and toes too.

Hi Gum I've lost track of the weeks!! I'm due mid-June. Does that make me 25 weeks? It doesn't sound very much. I feel huge, although I always carry at the front so it looks worse than it really is. I don't think I'm going to go 'out' much more - 'up' is likely, though. I've got 8 more working days to go and I can't wait.

Hope the cooking went ok. 20 degrees? Luxury! The beautiful plant Steve bought me for Mothers' Day was frosted within hours. I've had to give it a radical haircut! Let's hope it survives.

Italian I hope your womb is becoming duvet-like as we speak. Next week will be your week .

miasmummy hope you had a lovely birthday yesterday.