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Emmsy's weebles, from TTC to new arrivals, it's all going on here.

983 replies

VJay · 22/12/2009 19:26

Ok, here we are, a new thread to see us into the next decade, and to celebrate more BFP's, growing bumps and new arrivals, and to enjoys those already here

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MummyLovesSadie · 05/01/2010 11:23

Jools TEST TEST TEST! I wish I had an ounce of your self-restraint! I thought I'd try a new approach with the aspirin as before I didn't take it until I had a BFP but if it can actually help with implantation then maybe if I'd taken it earlier I wouldn't have had 2 cp's?

This bit of news made me feel really positive today, you know Sian Williams who presents BBC breakfast?? Well she's only been back from maternity leave for a few short weeks after having her fourth child & she is pregnant again...... at 45!!!

Joolsiam · 05/01/2010 11:38

Blimey ! I really really like Sian - she gave me hope when I was considering pregnancy at this age . I'm sure she can afford good childcare though

MLS - you are a bad influence I have tests at home. FF says I should wait till Thurs, so I may, or may cave in tomorrow - who knows

barbie1 · 05/01/2010 12:13

ohhhhh how exciting!!

iggy see i told you so everything is going to be fine for you i just know it....

jools i dont want to be a bad influence but.......

Did you all see the opening of the burj on the tv, bought dubai to a standstill and it meant we were late for the ante natal class...whoops!

I woke this morning all achy and a very sore throat, i do hope im not coming down with anything

Ill be back soon to post soon more

Lots of love b x

barbie1 · 05/01/2010 12:16

Oh and one more thing the midwife said something interesting about blood groups last night...if you are a negative blood group you are more likely to suffer from mc as your body will naturally try to fight of an implanting baby...and something about asprin....racking my brain to remember if she said you should take it pre concieving im at the doctors tomorrow so will ask her for you mls

MummyLovesSadie · 05/01/2010 12:25

Thanks Barbie, yes I've heard about the blood group thing. Some women have to be given injections when they are pregnant to stop their body rejecting the baby. Thankfully I'm just boring old 'O'type.

VJay · 05/01/2010 12:55

I am rhesus negative and both my dc's are positive. I haven't heard it could mc's but that's interesting.

barbie I did see the big tall building on the news last night and thought of you

jools wait til thursday you are being very good, a huge gold star to you

iggy yay to your fab scan

mls go go research girl, I am keeping everything crossed that this next month is your month

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Neeko · 05/01/2010 15:33

Hello all.
Iggy so lovely to hear you all bouncy and excited. Soundslike a lovely healthy bean AND your chance of MC dropped significantly toady-yay!

MLS get taking the baby asprin. I took it from ovulation this time. Don't know if that means anything, but worth a try. Had a little giggle to myself about you outing my checking your chart - how sad do I sound?!

Jools huuuge gold star for your restraint. Really hope you'll be properly rewarded for it.

Barbie How was the final class? That's you officially ready to go! Bet you don't feel it. I think I remember a slight paic attack after my last class with DD but I'm not having any this time which could cue a bigger panic attack

Vjay hello What's Ajay eating today?

I go back to work tomorrow but we had a big fall of snow here last night and I've already heard from two colleagues who think we might have a snow day [excited emoticon] We're worse than the kids! There's not much gritting going on here so I suppose it is possible...

4everhopeful · 05/01/2010 15:58

Hey ladies

Still so pleased for your good scan result Iggy I said I had a good feeling for you! I was amazed first time I saw baby moving about, its surreal isnt it?!

MLS so great to hear all the positive stuff, like I said to you in sept, the more we get knocked down the more we bounce back & more determined we become in true weeblesque fashion! Iv taken aspirin pre conception before too, and the acupuncturist sounds great. Another thing I always held onto was everyone saying - well at least you have no prob getting pregnant! Im very hopeful for you!

Jools v hopeful for you too Mrs symptom spotter! Well done on holding out on the testing! Wierdly we concieved this one the month we didnt really try!

Barbie I watched that tallest burj building on the news last night & thought of you & that you must of seen those fireworks wherever you were in Dubai, prob even in Abu Dhabi! When DH & I were there for our first leg of honeymoon in 2007 it was being built & was very tall then! I wanted to ask your advice actually Mrs Beauty salon lady - what have you heard of hair dying whilst preg? My cons advised against it cos of dye/chemicals being absorbed in blood stream, Im thinking of getting it done via highlights? Im really dark & sprouted my first greys in my twenties so 4 months without dye is being carefully masked by my fringe & parting at the mo! Also, my belly button is starting to pop out (wierd!) and I have a bar in my piercing at the mo, not sure what to do? My SIL recommended a ring? Any ideas? Anyone else? Oh yes, and Barbie meant to say that your lovely post about upgrading to big pants on my dads anniversary to mark it & how proud he'd be made me cry too & I think Im going to follow your advice & do that on sunday, specially as you christened me Weeble & my dad called me Emmsy wemsey woobles! (just had to share that with you!)

Neeko are you back at work today? Boo if you are! I meant to follow on from our tx yesterday about sleeping on left side when pregnant & poss relation to your pins & needles, I only heard about it from SIL this preg but all the medical advice totally deters sleeping on back, specially 3rd trimester.. I know you said it only makes you snore & doesnt affect you in other ways, but unless you are anatomically different to everyone it must do! We all have this Vena Cava (main vein) that drains entire lower body & blood supply & when baby is big, lyimg on back can cut it off like standing on a hose! See this LINK You may well already know all this but thought Id post it anyway cos I never did, midwife/cons/gp never mentioned it either so even if you know, maybe some of the other medium/big panters dont so Im sharing anyway!

Big waves & hello to the lovely Vjay! Hope you are wrapped up all warm with Ajay & DS1 snug as bugs, cannot believe the -2o temps they are talking about for you!!!

Curly hope you are not working too hard?! Not long now! Thanks for last night & reassurance after my major panic wiping & seeing blood, took a few toilet trips to be sure it was def from the back , OMG the sheer panic, it threw me for the rest of the night & made me feel so vulnerable & shaky, even a bit sick again which I cant seem to throw off..

Finally big hug to Mermaid if you are lurking my sweetness xx

Right, bathtime, my body clock readjustment is not working - after panic stations yest, didnt sleep well, DH did an early start at 5am, I didnt get back to sleep til 8am & then slept til 11am, Im so out of sync.. DH back at 4pm for dinner then back to work from 7-8pm for his monthly week of lates (great timing on first week back! ) Feels so wierd after having so much lovely time together...

MummyLovesSadie · 05/01/2010 17:01

4ever you need to buy a pregnancy belly bar made out of PTFE, you'll find loads on Ebay. It's flexible & longer than a normal bar. I don't wear anything in my piercing now as since I had dd my belly resembles a blancmange.

4everhopeful · 05/01/2010 17:23

Thanks mls ill have a look for one of those then! X

BlueMoon1981 · 05/01/2010 18:28

iggy congratulations on a fab scan

jools oooh i have everything crossed for you, its about time things started looking up for you

we have loads of snow! took me 2 hours to get to work, usually takes me max 45 mins, i went in and picked up some work and came home again! got stuck up my hill and had to be dug out and pushed up

cupcakefairy · 05/01/2010 19:06

Evening ladies, quick stop from me as off out to book group !

gracie lovely to hear from you and hope party was fun...how fab about The George starting to engage!! Yay! I got freaked out watching ER last night, the one when Abby has her baby 10 weeks early...EEK. I'm suddenly worried dh and I may have a lot less time than we think!!

MLS was lovely to read your post and I'm excited about the acupuncturist too!

iggy HIGH FIVE for the good scan, so excited for you!!

4ever sorry to hear about scary bleeding glad it was nothing to worry about in the end though! And yay for your impending graduation! V interesting about the sleing on the back thing, thanks for that info!

slightly hi are you a weeble too? Come, chat! We love new friends

jools wait til Thursday!! (but silently excited for you!)

neeko I don't think you're sad about the chart, my bf and I look at each others' charts all the time to analyse love it. I think it's just brilliant to chart cycles and think so many women's fertilty probs could be sorted by doing it but docs don't seem to get that and put people straight on drugs sorry..will try not to rant

mermaid more massive hugs for you xxx

ok, gotta dash! sorry to anyone I missed.

4everhopeful · 05/01/2010 19:25

Hi moon & cupcake ..... Just popping back in cos x post with lovely gracie yest, knew id missed someone! So excited to hear george is practically engaged! Pack that bag asap girl! Make sure you please keep us posted wont you?! ....also big hello to mrskate & boris too! X

Neeko · 05/01/2010 19:52

I can't seem to keep away.

4ever I did know about the sleeping on the back thing and have slept on my side since the 2nd trimester. Many women actually faint if they lie on their backs, but serously it just makes me snore! Wouldn't risk cutting off vital nutrients to bub though. My physio says on back is fine as long as you're propped up by tons of pillows. Sorry to hear about bleeding but relieved it's just the piles of pregnancy.

Cupcake It clearly takes a geek to know one Enjoy bookgroup. I'm planning on charting again once the baby gets into a routine. I found it fascinating and I'm NEVER going back on the pill so DH will either have to brave the snip or do without!

MLS My tummy has always been too wobbly for a piercing if that makes you feel any better.

Moon Hope you brought enough work home for a few days as this weather doesn't look set to stop.

I see the police are recommending you keep of the roads. Looks like we could be at a standstill tomorrow

MummyLovesSadie · 05/01/2010 20:08

Neeko I know you said a few months ago that you'd never want to go through all of this again & would stop at 2 lo's but do you still feel the same? I'd love as many as I can possibly cram into the few child-bearing years I have left but obviously I'd be more than happy just to be able to have one more.

Sian Williams you are my inspiration! Hey I learned a tidbit of interesting gossip about her today - her first two children are with her ex-husband. When they were still married she told him that she was pregnant with her third child & that it was not his but someone who she had been having an affair with at the BBC & he is now her husband ! Who'd have thought it!

littlebellsmum · 05/01/2010 20:10

Iggy great, great news . Hope you are still on cloud nine!

neeko Strangly both dd and ds forgot about the baby - it seemed to work telling them before Christmas as they have forgotten about it and have stopped telling the world!

Jools The biggest gold star ever but only if you don't test untill at least the weekend - you like the sand just as much as I do!

Tiggergirl ( or MLStheexpert) accupuncture sounds great ( as do you!)

Finally, my scan is now in 2 days . I still haven't told my boss and I am in no doubt that LO is fine as today I put on my normal trousers for work and LO spent the day digging its elbow or heels into my to complain at being cooped up! Size 14 trousers here we come!!

littlebellsmum · 05/01/2010 20:12

Ohh, good gossip, MLS 3 is definetly our limit. DH thought 2 was fine and will not be persuaded above that!

Neeko · 05/01/2010 20:16

Hey MLS I'm definitely going to count my blessings with two for lots of reasons. MY SIL has 3 and she has really struggled despite being the eldest of 5 herself. I've been such a basketcase this time and really not on the ball as a mummy/wife/teacher/friend/humanbeing so I think to actively plan another would be lunacy for me.
That being said, if it happened accidentally I'd count my blessings again and get on with it. At least we'd have a room for each of them which would surely help with all the fighting!

Neeko · 05/01/2010 20:20

Hey LBM here's my hand for the scan. Once you've had it and have told your boss you can relax your tummy-and baby- into nice, stretchy mat pants

4everhopeful · 05/01/2010 20:25

lbm im i want to feel movement so badly! Im wobbly cos havin twinges & pelvic bone pain ...... mls said this before but my mum was 42 when she had me i want as many as poss & will ttc again straight away!

Neeko · 05/01/2010 20:33

How will you manage financially 4ever and MLS? I know that babies are relatively cheap once you have all the stuff but the older they get, the more they cost. (Do I just worry too much?)

bluesatinsash · 05/01/2010 20:46

Evening laydeez,

right off we go...

MLS - I took baby asprin from Feb last year and fell pg in the April. Met with the Gynae consultant who did my ERPC in the January and he recommended I took it from the month BEFORE I conceived. Of course you can't know that so I started taking it the following month. Also had two acupuncture sessions with my GP and turned up for the third one to register my pregnancy . So GO FOT IT!! We always wanted two DC but it does feel 'final' now that Benjamin is here. Like Neeko - my stress levels just couldn't take another pg and i'm the youngest of three girls and all the family dymanics that entails. Do feel a little that I'll never have a daughter as I was such a girly girl, into my ballet, dancing, clothes etc. but I am truly blessed to have my DS's and I'm not greedy .

Iggy - delighted for you and your successful scan. Its all coming good xx

Neeko - a snow day - fingers crossed . I couldn't sleep on my back at all after first trimester and its such a joy being able to again. re: Pelvic pain, I found sitting really upright at night helped but getting up and moving about during the day helped too. I did have a tuby grip last time around but couldn't be bothered with it this time. You can get one form the Physio. Take heart that it vanishes after lo is born - yay!

LBM - your pg is marching on! Are you finding out flavour at scan?

Barbie - tall buildings scare me . I was in New York in 2003 and just couldn't imagine the height of the twin towers. DH had been there when they were still standing and gave me a reference point against another building and i just couldn't get my head around how tall they were so can't imagine the height of the new one in Dubai.

4ever - I dyed my hair throughout my pg with DS1 and had it professionally dyed and highlighted twice this time around.. That's so lovely you moving to big pants on your DDad's anniversary. Have you got some funky maternity work clothes ready for Monday?

Cupcake - lol at your 'geek alert' . Its an interesting stat re: 5 out of 7 graduates having c-sections... . Think the average is 20%.. They happen for so many different reasons but the vast majority of babies are still delivered vaginally so get massaging that perenium .

Gracie - 3/5 engaged - wow! He/she will just slip out!

Jools - on your behalf

Health Visitor dropped by today (while I was on the loo with Sunday Papers ). Benjamin has put on 10oz and is now 8lb 13oz - she was very impressed at his weight gain and gave my boobs a round of applause .

Neeko · 05/01/2010 21:19

Blue here's another round of applause for your boobs Well done to both you and BabyBen

I'm wating on an appointment with the physio for the pins and needles so will hopefully get help for the pelvic pain then too. I've started using my birthing ball more often which is helping and I'm just trying to be more aware of how I move etc. Hope it's not a case of too little, too late.

Ok, I think I've pretended to myself that I'm doing work for long enough so I'm off to bed. Night all.

BlueMoon1981 · 05/01/2010 21:43

if anyone is still around, some advice please if any of you girls can help?

i have pretty much finished af today but the last few days have had very tingly boobs and painful lower back ache which hurts so much its going down my legs. what the hell does this mean?! if i was on the 2ww i would have convinced myself i was pg, but obviously i am not, but then i started thinking about those stories from girls who never realise they are pg because af still came every month.... arrgghhh

on the positive side, so much snow i will def be staying at home tomorrow, and yes neeko i virtually brought my whole desk with me so have enough work for weeks if i need it!

GracieGirl · 05/01/2010 21:59

Evening Moon, erm I don't know. Worth doing a test if you have one spare? It might put your mind at rest. Sounds like you need a temping expert to advise. Sorry that's not much help.