The CBFM Graduates Vol 1

[StormBird]

We have got to know each other pretty well during our TTC journey's so have created this thread on Chocciechips advice (hope she doesn't mind!!) so we can all contintue to support one another through our pregnancies.

Welcome................

going out today to celebrate my dad's birthday (hes 72....mental)...will be thinking of storm and hoping for another birthday! come on baby storm you can do it!

boba i know how you feel about wanting it out. i do want mine to come early too, but mainly because the pregnancy police want to induce me a week early and i dont want to and it would just save everyone the bother and fight!

kezia how have these last last few days been you are done school now? are you now about 7 weeks? when is the NHS scan? is that coming up this week? once that one is out of the way and you can see normal growth (as well as heartbeat which you saw very early which must be a very very positive sign), that will be wonderful. you will never stop worrying tho....altho it gets a lot easier once the kicking and fidgeting gets regular!

right i better go and shower etc. im knackered and would prefer to stay home in bed....

Oooh Storm sounds like baby is making a move , they can take a while to warm up and get a move on!...hope you are getting rest when and where you can? the no sleep lark at night is no fun! I can totally sympathise...my pelvis and hips are shot!, very best of luck! will keep checking back for your news .

I'm on countdown now...5 more sleeps till Baby arrives! that's if he stays put! been having lot's of contractions on and off...he seems to go into one when I'm supermarket shopping! thought I was going to pop in Sainsburys the other day! was clinging onto the cheese fridge for dear life! got some very odd looks .

Kezia hope all good with you, glad the scan went well, fab news .

Boba hang on in there...not long now .

Kitty have a lovely day celebrating your dads birthday!...Mmmm cake.

Hello to everybody else sorry for not name checking...will catch up when I have more time...just off to get the hair done ready for next week X

i was just reading back on old posts; did misslolita have her baby? wasnt she due a few weeks back? should we do the stats thing again?

Yes you're right kitty she must be too busy with baby Why are you having to get induced early?

Hope he stays put anytime!

Boba - that makes sense

Kitty - lets hope your little one decides to be early so you can have the birth you want, that is a good idea!!

Storm - contractions, sounds encouraging - hope all goes well and not take too much longer for you Storm.

Thanks. Am ok, got to feeling tired, but that could just be because am on holiday and not at work right now but dh says it is a pregnancy symptom and am desperate for some Kitty - 10 days to go for NHS scan.

kezia tiredness is definitely a pregnancy symptom, its normal to start feeling really wiped out right around now! any nausea or anything? dont worry though if not, its perfectly normal (very luck too!)

boba i have type 1 diabetes so i have spent my entire pregnancy fighting blanket worst case scenario policies. it appears that the NHS expect all people with type 1 to be stupid and unable to control their condition well and hence at added risk of complications from malformities through to still birth. i keep extremely tight control of my condition and have said all along that some of the procedures are OTT. the 'standard' in my hospital is 39 week induction. i am hoping that the consultant is going to support my decision to go to term because i do have such good control, but have reached a point now where i am starting to look into how to go about signing disclaimers for all the various ridiculous things i currently have to deal with. to be honest, my preference at this point would be to spend a vast portion of our savings going to a private hospital and paying to get the care that i want!

well storm hasnt been on, i hope that means that the little man has made his arrival safe and sound.

hows everyone else getting on?

...just lurking for news from Storm.

How you getting on choccie? Have you managed to relax any or work still manic?

keziah tiredness very good sign although if you're like me and permanently knackered you'll not be as happy about it come 33 weeks! My friend who is a week behind me has had no symptoms at all and is only now starting to feel wee bit tired so don't think symptoms really mean anything - still it puts your mind at ease a wee bit doesn't it?

I've had a week off and back tomorrow - dreading it but only 3 weeks to go so roll on Friday 12th August!!

keziah, I went though a stage of being overly tired from 7-9 weeks, where everything I did seemed like an effort. I was going to bed at 8:30pm and still having a nap in the day! Fortunately, it seems to have got better. I still average about 10-11 hours per night, but I've cut out the naps and seem to have more energy over the day. I've taken up pregnancy yoga (I have done yoga in the past) and, although it's really gentle, it does seem to help somewhat. Also, I feel less nauseus, so I'm eating more, which probably helps with energy levels. I wouldn't worry about it too much - if you think of all the work your body is doing then it makes sense that you will be more tired. Good luck with the NHS scan. It's coming up soon, isn't it?

I wonder how Storm is getting on. I hope their little boy has made an appearance.

Storm is absent - that looks like good news for them

Kelpie - yes, early nights are the way forward right now though getting up early each day for pessaries are not helping! 8 days until NHS scan but have midwife booking appointment this week.

Well bought maternity bras at last. Took friend with me. Ended up in Debenhams and was mortified that I have gone from a 32FF to a 38 inch band . Got Miriam Stoppard Comfort ones having given up in House of Fraser, John Lewis and Bravissimo. Be nice not to have red marks around ribs now!! It just feels too early to buy any.

Ladies........ I am so in love!!!

@9.51am on Sunday 24th July baby George Albert was born weighing in at a mahoosive 10lb 4oz and 59cm long - having only put on 8lb my entire pregnancy I have no idea where i hid him!

It was a pretty traumatic experience if I was honest and I will fill u all in eventually but for now we are so very proud and I wanted to let u all know.

WE DID IT!

Xxxxxxxx

Ooh - congratulations Storm on baby George. What a lovely name. Gosh, that sounds a "healthy" birth weight and very tall.

Thank you so much for letting us know at such a special time. Do fill us all in when you have recovered, family left and you have a bit more time (if you ever will ) - congratulations!! xxxxxx

awesome news storm so pleased! what a whopper! glad you are ok look forward to hearing from when you have the time (not sure if i want to know about the birth though its all a bit close for comfort now!!)

xxx

Oh Stormbird that's lovely news! well done you!!! glad you are both safe and well! George is a lovely boy's name! and what a fantastic weight! he's a big boy for his mummy.
Looking forward to hearing your birth story! hope you are recovering well, many congratulations to you all...X

Quick post from me...off to the hospital for the "Pre-Op" this morning in preparation for babys birthday tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!...excited...MUCH!!!!!! x

Have a good day ladies X.

Congratulations Storm what a big boy!! Enjoy little George. x x x

Best of luck for tomorrow Anytime - another little boy to join us soon. x

Huge Congratulations storm lovely news.

Good luck anytime! x

All the best AnytimeNOW for today and tomorrow .

Wow, storm - congrats. Looking forward to hearing all about it. I held a 10lb doll at my NCT class last weekend and she was impressively heavy, so well done to you. I just found out at my scan yesterday that baby is in the 95th centile for growth, so a bit mine might be huge as well (and I've put a LOT more than 8lb on in my whole pregnancy SO FAR, and was told yesterday I''ve got 'a fair bit more growing to do'. Fab...)

Anytime Looking forward to hearing all your news too.

Wow ... it feels like things are kicking off on this thread!

Congratulations Storm! Well done on baby George (lovely name, by the way). I can't even imagine a 10lb baby - I guess I have a lot to learn. I hope you have the most wonderful first few weeks together as a family.

Anytime, wishing you all the best for today and tomorrow.

Things are really moving all of a sudden!

I had my booking appointment today - felt very surreal. Basically an hour of paperwork though. She did book my 12 week dating scan and my next appointment (20mins from now on so hopefully no more paperwork!) for me. Seems weird that see her again in 8 weeks time. It was strange - such an admin focus you would never have know why I was there. The first question she asked me was where I wanted to give birth , then leaflets on epidurals and breastfeeding . At this stage I just want to know the baby is growing and placenta is forming ok!!

I know how you feel keziah sometimes I think it must be nice to be someone that got a bfp 1st month ttc and had no other problems and be able just to focus on happy pregnancy/baby thoughts without always worrying something going to go wrong etc. Especially for you it must feel so surreal? x

I have glucose test tomorrow as according to growth scan I'm harbouring a beast so they want to check for gd. The problem is they have my edd as a week behind what I know I am (thanks to Clomid & CBFM) but they will not shift from 12 weeks scan measurements for dating. If they listened to my dates baby is between 50th and 95th centile but according to theirs it's off the chart! I don't mind getting diabetes check but they've got me in a panic plus telling me to watch my diet etc. I've put on 2 stone at the moment (which I don't think is too bad) and I'm 5'11. I eat very sensibly and have not been eating more if anything I've been eating less! Feel like I should be starving myself now & hitting the gym! Plus I'm bricking it I'm gonna have a sumo baby now - aaaaargh! Sorry rant over!

How's everyone else doing?

I'm presuming anytime must be a mummy by now?

Boba - don't worry about them saying baby is big.... they did this to a colleague, whose baby ended up being 8lb something and 52cm long, after scaring them it would be over 10lb and too long etc etc. Even the scans they did were very wrong. If you know your dates (and you do) then all is ok. You are very tall, so baby isn't likely to be too small. All my friends who had bigger babies said they were SO much easier when born!!

Yes, everything feels surreal right now - so need the scan next week to confirm all is ok. 2nd intralipid infusion tomorrow.

Boba, I don't think my dates are accurate either. The doctor and midwife just did it according to lmp, and I know for a fact that mine is not the average 28 day cycle with ovulation halfway through! I know that the 12 week scan will probably change my dates slightly, but I pretty much know when I ovulated (thanks to CBFM), but I don't think they care.

Keziah - my booking appointment was mostly admin too, but then I expected that, as I had one in January too. Mostly they just get you "on file". I suppose that's the whole point of a booking appointment - to book you in! It's quite bizarre though, as usually its a lady's first contact with maternity professionals (apart from initial doctor appointment) and it seems to be very little about the actual baby inside. It's all about family history and booking blood tests/scans etc. I forget that the midwife sees pregnant ladies all the time, so it's no longer so exciting! I felt like I needed congratulating, considering we'd been trying for over a year! But of course, she didn't know that. Good luck with the infusion tomorrow.

I hope everyone else is on track and doing fine and that Anytime and new baby are doing well.

Very quick post just to let you all know Jensen was born by csection at 12.02 on the 28th weighing in at 8pm 9oz!!!! All ok and feeding from me every hour!!!! I am so happy, and so is he xxxx

great news anytime thats wonderful xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx