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[Ellypoo]

Hoping this thread brings us all luck and hope xxx

Trickle glad you feel reassured by the extra monitoring. Hope you get some answers soon. Xxx
Whatever hope the grave area is sorted soon? Xxx
Blue poor E... Hope she feels better soon. It's knackering isn t it when they re I'll?
Hi all ; hope everyone's ok? Sorry for crap name check... Sleep deprived again thought we were on to a better night; Phebs knackered slept from 8:30 but then awake at 0130 & 05;00!!!! Now got a cough again ( only had a cough a couple of weeks ago) now officially k ackered
& pisssed off with this!!!!

trickle I hope you get some more reassurance about tiddler, hugs x

angel Hope Phebs feels better soon! E seems to be better today, so I think she's going back to playgroup and childminder tomorrow, at least then I can have some rest

Been enjoying Wimbledon today! :)

blue I really envy you, I love wimbledon and can only catch the evening matches if DH lets me (he hates tennis). I used to listen to 5live but now they have that bloody richard bacon on there talking what I cna only say is bollocks to other people who know nothing about tennis! Well that was my experience yesterday. I will give it another go tomorrow.
I love Nadal, love the moody looks!

Hi all,
Sorry to hear about all these poorly/pained DC, it's miserable
Freya is very constipated and in a lot of pain poo-ing so I'm trying to restart her system with a fruit/prune overload and a banana ban.
A whole 18lb4.5oz today at 10 months, I bet Phebs is bigger angel! How are her teeth today?

Busy day today, house move stalling, long story but the vendors are being mean spirited tight sods and forcing us to pay for indemnity policies that are their responsbility, and our buyers lawyer is an incompetent twit and asking us again all the questions we already answered for them weeks ago and accusing us of withholding info and lying into the bargain We have been seriously pissed off! Hopefully it will all be sorted soon........ please!!!
Sick of it all!

wtw I hope you can get the gardeners to sort Erin's grave for you in time.

Isabelmama so sorry to welcome you here, bless your baby girl xx

trickle how's things? It all sounds very worrying, as you say, why is life never simple!!

blue glad you're enjoying your time at home, I hope you're getting some headspace from work.

Oh dear, I hear crying... fallen and banged head again!

Only got a minute, so can't name check..... Wave to all though...

DS now home and ok. They didn't have to amputate finger, but used a general, which was for the best. He was v brave. I just about lost it when they put him under, and all the machines were so familiar, but I held it together until he had gone to theatre before I had a sneaky cry in the toilets....

green well done for being able to be there for DS! Glad the operation went well!

green excellant news, well done you and well done your DS.

spilt oh poor Freya, not good, she must be so uncomfortable. Be careful with the fruit could turn her the other way. How's her fluid intake?

Spilt good god what a faff!!!! I remember moving house 6 years ago & doing my clinics whilst ringing the solicitors constantly!!! Freya's tiny compared to Phebs she was 18 lbs, 8 oz I think at her 5 month check!!!!!
Not been weighed since then in fact was just thinking the other day she 's due her 7-9 month HV check now but we ve not had an appointment come through & seeing as the last one was as much use as a chocolate fireguard loathe to waste my day off going....think she must be about 22-23 lbs now
Had a lovely day off shopping for holiday clothes... Phebs getting back to her delightful self just got a cough back AGAIN!!!
Back to work tomorrow ... never mind only 3 days to work to the weekend.
Love to all xxx

Green glad all ok? Xxx

So relieved for you and ds Green must have been very stressful. [Wine] for you tonight

Poor Freya split hope you get things moving soon!

I watched Murray's match at Wimbledon today Blue I do enjoy a bit of tennis!

K found out what year 1 class she is going in to today - can't believe she's nearly finished her first year at school!

Love to all xx

cheese how is expat's DD? (I take it it is expat on your FB?)

green great news on DS, hope you are ok this eve xx

Aww noo so many poorly littlies, I hope they are feeling better soon, bloody well done green that sounds so hard but really pleased to hear the op went well.

split totally feel for you - after the buyer we had I was actually over the moon to hand back the keys to the mortgage company, why do some people just not do what they say grrrr

I'm off off an MRI on Thursday - if I can get hold of the consultant who had left early today and only has one patient tomorrow so I can buy the tickets - would be easy if I didn't have to give 24 hours notice to 'book assistance'. Very nice Dr though - called today at 8:45 to let me know she'd been going through all the literature since the scan and that she had found something in the newborn stuff that looked like what she had seen in Tiddler,s brain. She now thinks it might be cysts that usually cause no problem whatsoever - still want the MRI to confirm, but it's not been seen in an unborn baby and is very unusual. So within a week we've gone from pre-term delivery around 30 weeks, to no physical problems but probably never living independantly as an adult, to no problem, I feel very very drained.

God what a rollercoaster trickle, drained sounds about right. That sounds like really good news though, you must be cautiously delighted x

Gosh trickle a rollercoaster indeed. Big hugs so much to cope with xx

Green- I'm glad everything went well with ds today, you have one brave boy!

Trickle- rollercoaster indeed! I hope you get answers soon.

I hope the poorly babies are feeling better.

Trickle book tickets??? I m confused... What??? For your scan??? Glad you re having lots of monitoring & slowly making progress. Take care xxxx
Knackered ... Phebs awake again to 12 this is a nightmare!!! Fine when I m off work but nightmare when we have to be up at 6 for work... Very early night for me tonight I think ...( say that every night never works out!!) xx

TRICKLE.... What a lot to take in, your emotions must be all over the place. Hopefully the MRI will give clear answers, it sounds like you have a good dr who's taking the time to try and find out what's going on. I hope it passes quickly till Thursday for you.

ANGEL, sorry your still not getting a decent nights sleep.... Where are you off to on holiday? I know what you mean about hv's being useless, I didn't bother much with ds2.

FAN, with you on Nadal, but never get to watch tennis either...

SPILT... Did the prune juice do the trick? It's so horrible when they are all blocked. A lovely lady who does baby massage taught me to massage DSs stomach by gentle following the route of his intestines, so with baby lying on mat, rub with two fingers from the left side of the belly button in a square up and over the belly and back down in on the right of the belly ( not under belly though). This always really worked on DS when he was blocked up, I could hear it bubbling through!

House moves are hell. Much sympathy.

I'm now in SWI week, but last night I was so exhausted after the hospital that I went to sleep at 9pm while DP was reading Harry Potter to DS! Im sure I've got slightly mixed feelings about baby making too.
My dp is 40 in a couple of weeks. We had a big party planned, with camping and music and lots of friends. Obviously it's not happening. We are taking boys to pembrokshire for week instead, which will also be lovely, but we were so pleased that our family would be complete by the time we were 40, and that we'd get to show Merryn to everyone that WE. Life has gone off at a tangent and I know I'm not in control anymore, I guess I never was really.

DS is doing well, he had a tough time in recovery after the op. he was v scared and upset. The recovery nurse was v unsympathetic and called him a drama queen. I explained his sister had died after an op went wrong 9 weeks ago, which shut her up.... He is on the couch with tv today. Will be spoilt rotten!!

Hi to everyone else.

wtw had a word with the guys at work today and they said they will go and level out Erins grave and re-seed it today. Fx they do but I've told them your my friend and that you would like it done as its Erins birthday soon. So hopefully they will. I will check maybe today or tomorrow to see if they have. They said they remembered you and that they've been busy and sorry its taken so long.

Oh Fan you have bought tears to my eyes. That is incredibly kind of you. Thank you so so much xxxx

wtw I'm in the cemetery at the moment working on the flower bed and I've just been and had a look and Erins grave has been leveled and topped with topsoil and grass seed.

I'm so pleased the op went well green, it must have been really hard for you all, but well done for getting through it.

A very warm but sad welcome Isabel, I'm sorry you had to find us here, but I'm sure you will find the ladies incredibly supportive and lovely on here x

Oh trickle, that does sound absolutely draining for you - i hope that it goes well at the MRI scan tomorrow.

Hi fan, wtw, blizy, Angel and everyone else (my brain is all over the place, sorry if I've forgotten anyone xx).

I have just got back from a doctors appointment - I was finally persuaded to go because I am just feeling worse & worse, and have now started to get light-headed/dizzy spells on top of everything else. As soon as i walked in the door, I just burst in to tears. She took my blood pressure (a little high but nothing to worry about, and probably just due to be feeling really crap), and has referred me for blood tests. Other than that, she has suggested that I call a charity to sort myself out some counselling. Just feel like it was a complete waste of time. I don't know what I was expecting, but something useful at least I suppose. Just feel like I want to crawl under my bedcovers and hide for a few months.

Oh fan thank you so so much. I honestly can't tell you how grateful I am xxxxxx

wtw your very welcome.

ellypoo Hun I just want to give you a hug, a real one not a mn hug. How are you feeling now that you have told the doctor? I guess the doctor doesnt think there is anything wrong, blood tests will rule out most things. When are you going to have them done? Have you thought about counselling before?
My brother went to the doctors the other day complaining of dizzy spells, chest pains. the doc had a word and asked about his life, he mentioned about his son being born prem and having to stay in the hospital for a few weeks, also he mentioned about me and Ophelia and when he did he burst into tears and couldnt stop for some time. The doctor told him he thought the symptoms were pointing to my brother bottling up his feelings and not having a break. He did some bloods and found nothing, since this my brother has been taking it easy, having quality time with his family and also talking to me about Ophelia, he says he feels alot better and the symtoms have nearly gone away.
Not sure if that is helpful in anyway.

Elly all your symptons sound like stress.. Have you tried counselling before? I had it after Georgie , thought it would be a waste of time but it helped me a lot. I referred myself back when I was pg with Phebs but never got there ( ironically we had to have 1 of our cats put to sleep on the day I had an appt) however, everyone's different; it may not be your cup of tea at all. It helped me greatly having someone else to talk to instead of saying the same over & over to Ant... What have you got to loose if you try it? Only thing i'd say is if you do try it give it a few sessions to work , don t expect miracles. It's a working progress...sending you cuddles & love xxxxx

Green bad nurse!!!! Love to your son , spoil him rotten... We re off to Euro-Disney in 5 weeks & Ibiza at the end of Sept...woo-hoo
Love to all ; too hot for work... Phebs not settled to midnight again last night. We re trying to get to bed earlier tonight
Just awaiting delivery of the shopping!!!
Love to all xxx