madigan, skbf are you out there followed on from ttc thread

[bubbly1973]

hiya girls, thought this section of mumsnet is more appropriate to talk rather than the ttc thread, so i will put a link and hopefully you will find me here!!

madigan, skbf it was so good to hear from you both and find out how you are doing

skbf, i cant believe its next week for the twins to arrive!!im quite shocked how fast its come around as it only seemed like the other day you were telling us your were pg!!

will be thinking of you and keeping my fingers crossed all goes well which im sure it will, and you seemed quite worried on your last post that you will have your hands full....im no expert but ....yeh i suspect you will have your hands full but im sure you will have a lot of help from family and friends and also you will soon get in a routine

madigan, im glad your over the toxy thingy have you felt the baby kick yet?
whats your due date? i remember soon as i felt the baby kick all of a sudden all fear i had was gone and from then on i enjoyed my pg much much more, and i loved going to bed in the night, and just enjoying the moment between me and my little bean

keep me updated with all the news girls,
xx

Hello you two!!

SKBF - am thinking of you - and can't believe that twins will be here next Thursday - god that has come around very quickly (but perhaps it has gone slowly for you?). Yes you are going to have your hands full - but once you see your little babes I am sure you will know that it has all been worth it, no matter how hard the work is! Am I right in thinking that you are having your twins at the Lindo Wing? Which consultant is looking after you?

Bubbly - I am feeling great at the moment, and can feel baby kicking all the time. I am now 24 weeks!!! We did not find out if it is a boy or a girl ....

My due date is 24 Aug. At first I was determined to have a csection as I was terrified of giving birth naturally, but now I have had a total change of heart, and am going to go for it (with epidural!!!)! I just can't wait until the birth, I am so excited! I am stopping work at 28 weeks (not long now) so I have a lovely long break relax/get things sorted/decorate nursery etc.

Feel a bit guilty because it sounds like SKBF could definitely do with some "feet up time" but - bet that's not possible with 2 pre-schoolers ..... Do you have some help or family who will be able to muck in?

Hello Bubbly and Madigan. Haven't been on for a while as too tired at the end of the day to climb the stairs to my study so use DH's comp in his study on ground floor. But can't go on to conception threads as I am scared he may look with interest and see where I have been!!!

Less than 48 hours to go! Madigan I am seeing the same consultant as you who did my 2 previous sections and he is fabulous. He makes it like a trip to the dentist! I have to remember these words as I enter the hospital because I really can't believe I am having another c-section. With my first (DD) I was open minded about the birth and didn't bother with ante natal classes as I was so busy and my DD was breech anyway so c-section was best option. DS was not breech but c-section a breeze and these two are both breech and I had planned a c-section anyway. SO if you have a breech baby don't worry as he is fantastic. He is such a nice obstetrician and has been very supportive of my ordeal of triplets and reduction etc etc.

I have managed to have a 90 minute sleep over the past 3 days which has felt great. Sleeping at night is difficult as after an hour on one side I need to turn over and that wakes me up, but that is because of the size of my tummy which won't be for much longer. I am so thankful that I don't have any stretchmarks which I was scared about and really my bump doesn't look like its holding 2. Can't wait to get this weight off and get back into normal clothes again.

I don't have family to help nor do friends have the time but I have live-in help and a maternity nurse booked so will manage but would rather be as hands on as possible to enjoy my children. My regret about twins is that its difficult to have one to one time espcially as my elder two are only 13mths apart and I do feel guilty that I haven't had much one to one time with them. They are great friends though so always have company.

I have to say this has been a difficult pregnancy as it was difficult to conceive, then I was preg with 3 and felt soooooo ill for the 8 weeks after finding out I was preg, then the reduction of 1, then the risk of miscarriage from cvs x2 and reduction and I decided at that point that if I did miscarry I would not ttc again and be happy with my elder 2, then not miscarrying and getting heavier with thread veins and just generally very tired, having scans every 2wks to make sure everything okay which when things were looking worrying changed to every week, etc etc, plus I work and am just generally very busy with children and an active husband who needs lots of attention. Anyway, its almost over and I am so pleased. Will post when I am out of hospital (prob 4-5 days) and let you know how it went.

Hope this doesn't sound like a moany post but it has been hard.

oh i posted a really long message and duh...vanished!!

so a quick short one now

skbf, all the very best for thursday, will be thinking of you and look out for the birth announcement

madigan, good to see all is well with you and your pregnancy

oh how i envy you both being pregnant, i loved it very much and its funny how one can easily forget the heartburn, waking up for pee in middle of night, sneezing and having slight accidents, stretchmarks (lucky you skbf!!) oh but i still miss it!!

madigan, i was the oppostie to you, i wanted a natural birth and not a c section and i was glad when i was able to do that on both my babies. its best to keep an open mind because on the night you never know what will happen and your birth plan could go right out of the window, which can be quite upsetting if you intended to stick to it rigidly, so keep a birth plan but be prepared to alter it at last minute

take care both of you
xx

Any news SKBF? thinking of you X

i been trawling through the birth announcements looking for you skbf, hope all went well and you and your family are all home getting used to the new arrivals

thinking of you xx

madigan, how are you? you must be so proud of your lovely bump...bio oil is just the best thing to avoid stretchmarks, start putting it on now!!

take care

Hi Bubbly -

no stretchmarks yet, thank goodness. am using rosehip oil at the moement ... will invest in bio oil!

How are you? Still no news from SKBF?

Sorry I have taken so long. Have been so tired and had so much to do after being discharged that climbing to my study is such an effort and didn't want to use dh's comp to announce as the thread would be highlighted.

So....

Had c-section, easy peasy and out came 2 boys. They are non identical and gorgeous. All my fears about having 2 boys have just disappeared.

Will type more later but just had the time to bring you up to date.

Again, sorry for the delay. Hope you are bearing up in the heat Madigan. How many weeks are you now?

skbf im so glad all went well CONGRATULATIONS, i am over the moon for you! i guessed that you had your hands full and thats why you havent been on here so thank you for sparing a few moments to let us know as i been thinking about you and wondering how you all are.

how is everyone coping to the new arrivals? and have you been able to get into some sort of routine? im so glad all is well, enjoy them and cherish every moment as im sure you will!

madigan, glad to see you have no stretchmarks yet, they came on me about a month before i was due, and also make sure you are using it on your boobs as they seem to grow bigger last month or so too and i found i had a few on there..grrr

you too enjoy each moment of your pregnancy as you will miss the closeness that you and only you and baby share right now....or is that just me who felt like that

i keep reminising to myself saying'this time last year i had 2 weeks to go before he was born'...yes i cant believe he will be 1 on 10th june, it has gone so fast

anyway take care girls, keep in touch

xxxxxxxxx

Hi SKBF

I've been looking for your postings. Bubbly helped me by directing me to this thread. I'm really pleased to read that your family has successfully doubled and you have two gorgeous healthy boys.

As for me I'm still not pregnant. Since my last post I've done a few more tests and visited a few more clinics. My uterus is fine and we are on the waiting lists at 4 clinics for donor eggs. I'm hoping we will be getting a call in the next couple of months from one of them. While waiting we have kept ourselves very busy and continue to decorate our house, inside and out.

Byee G

Hello Evans, I have been thinking of you and wondering how you are getting on and if you are pregnant. I also looked for the thread you started ages ago where we chatted about our treatment and couldn't find it to tell you my news! It must be so far down the list now.

So you are on four waiting lists which is fabulous, I shall keep my fingers crossed for you. Are you still off of the caffeine and alcohol? I am pleased that I managed to abstain from both in my desire to get pregnant and really recommend the same to you. After such a long time trying to get preg and not succeding I wondered what else I could do and pondered on the idea and then read it in Zita West's book. I felt by abstaining I had nothing to lose.

I really do wish you lots and lots of luck.

My pregnancy was really hard as I felt so tired/hormonal (remember I was preg with 3?) and as I got heavier everything was an effort. I was also worried about having 2 boys as I wanted (and so did dh and dd) one of each. Needless to say when they were born my fears completely disappeared which was such a relief. They are now 3 weeks old and those days of wishing to be preg seem so long ago. Now I have my four children which is what i have always wanted I can now let go of that great desire and just concentrate on giving everyone (inc dh) the love and attention they all need.

Thank you for thinking of me and I wish you lots of luck and want to hear your happy news when you are pregnant. Where will you announce it so I can look out for it?

Hi SKBF

I'm afraid I'm still drinking caffiene and alcohol. I know when we get a call that a donor has been found my healthy habits will return. DH and I have kept trying naturally but with no luck.

I'm not sure when/where I'll post my next updates. If you're going to continue posting on Mumsnet I'm sure I'll find you again.

G

To SKBF

I forgot to add that it is so nice to read that you can now concentrate on your family. Your fertility treatment days are over - hoorah :-)

Hi Evans

I will continue to post on mumsnet so will be around. I can't remember my email though that I registered under so you can't even CAT me! How silly of me.

Will keep my fingers crossed for you and hope to hear happy news soon. Where are the four clinics you are registered with out of interest?

Yes I am pleased my treatments/trips to the clinic are over as well as the acupuncure, the reflexology, I took Milk Thistle, gave up alcohol, caffeine and counted every cycle day and it was like a full time job. I do remember feeling the utter disappointment on day 1, then planning my diary and that of my husband's (without of course him knowing which was stressful) and then getting my appts booked, going to them on my way to the office, the drugs, the sex, and then the long wait..... It took serious planning but I did it so it can be done. I feel so satisfied now and that is such a good feeling.

Wishing you lots of luck, everything crossed for you.

Forgot to say: DH definitely does not want anymore children and ob said that I could now be fertile so have to make sure I don't get pregnant!!! Doubt I can but better make sure.

To SKBF

When I have some news to post I'll come looking for you. I'm really hoping that we will be offered a donor cycle in the next 3 to 4 months.

Keep up the contraception, baby number 5 could be just around the corner :-)

Byee G

hello all. good to hear from you SKBF - and hope that you and then twins are continuing to do well.
I am now 30 weeks and 2 days!!! feel like I am in the home stretch now ...... I have a c-section booked for 17 Aug; but otherwise, due date is 24 Aug. Have not decided whether to go for c-section or not yet .....
SKBF - how was the Lindo Wing?
Bubbly - hope you are keeping well, and happy bday to your little one
Hello evans - fingers crossed for you
XXXX

aww madigan, you remembered my little one turned one...bless you

its so good to hear you are well, do you feel like a house? your dh will be able to have a fathers day next year, how lovely

if your not sure whether to go for c section, would it help to make a list of positives and the negatives of natural birth against c section?

skbf hope all is well with you and your family,

take care all, xx

Hello Bubbly and SKBF - hope you and your babies are all well.....

Just an update ... am due to go for a c-section next Friday 17th August --- only 1 week to go!!! Of course, labour could start at any time (am 38 weeks today).... am very very excited. Cannot believe the big day is nearly here at last. XX

oh my god, oh my god, i cant believe its nearly happening!! so u decided to go for c-section i see, i hope all goes well, and soon you will have your much wanted bundle of joy....i am keeping a check on things to make sure i dont miss that special announcement, so make sure when u can u let us know.

i am so happy that soon you will be able to experience what we are experiencing...being a mum!

i am fine, although baby fell down stairs a few weeks ago and broke his leg, it was in plaster for 3 weeks but he is out of it now...he really is a tinker, but a lovable one, he fell out of bath today like a wet eel!

anyway take care, skbf i hope that you are coping with the babies , let us know how u are

madigan, good luck for friday (if not sooner!)
all the best

oh bubbly - I am sorry to hear about baby's broken leg ... that must have been stressful for you both. I hope he has made a good recovery. From what I hear, babies/children soon mend from broken bones, compared to adults.

Am now v excited about Friday - just can't wait. As soon as I am out of hospital, I wll email you to let you know how it all went. promise. you are a v special MN friend - who has supported me the whole way, and I just can't beleive that the big day is finally almost here!!

Meanwhile, lots and lots of love, Madigan xx

dear madigan,

i would like to wish you all the very best for tomorrow, am thinking of you and the next time you come on here will be with your bundle of joy....i simply cant wait to hear the wonderful news!

take care, enjoy every precious moment
bye for now
xx

Hello!

Well, my darling daughter was born on Friday 17th August - she is an absolute angel.

The c section went really well, and I seem to have made a quick recovery. Now, I am getting used to being a mum and loving every minute of it .....

Am still pinching myself - can't believe that she is actually here!! and so perfect!!

Lots of love to you Bubbly and SKBF -

xx

madigan, congratulations! what wonderful news!!, have you named her yet?, how much did she weigh?

glad to see you are getting used to motherhood so quickly, and thank you for letting us know

its seems like a dream doest it?

how was your dh, was he overwhelmed?

well, congratulations once again, hope she is sleeping well in the nights and feeding well too

take care
luv bubbly